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The powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel. Israel's Black Panthers tells the story of the young and impoverished Moroccan Israeli Jews who challenged their country's political status quo and rebelled against the ethnic hierarchy of Israeli life in the 1970s. Inspired by the American group of the same name, the Black Panthers mounted protests and a yearslong political campaign for the rights of Mizrahim, or Jews of Middle Eastern ancestry. They managed to rattle the country's establishment and change the course of Israel's history through the mass mobilization of a Jewish underclass. This book draws on archival documents and interviews with elderly activists to capture the movement's history and reveal little-known stories from within the group. Asaf Elia-Shalev explores the parallels between the Israeli and American Black Panthers, offering a unique perspective on the global struggle against racism and oppression. In twenty short and captivating chapters, Israel's Black Panthers provides a textured and novel account of the movement and reflects on the role that Mizrahim can play in the future of Israel.

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Asaf Elia-Shalev is an Israeli American journalist based in Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which distributes his work to dozens of media outlets in multiple languages. Tova Katz (she/they) is an award-winning lyricist-composer, writer, and performer. She has appeared as an actor and vocalist on stages across LA and NYC, including The Getty Villa, La MaMa, 54 Below, Joe's Pub, and Off-Broadway. Tova and her collaborators Alexandra Kalinowski and Katie Lindsay are currently under commission at Geffen Playhouse for Beneath the Bowtie, a new musical about the drag kings who electrified the stages of 1940s mafia-owned clubs of NYC (originally developed in the Geffen Writers' Room, with a reading in 2022 and writing residency in 2024 at the Geffen). Tova recently performed their original solo musical See You at the Funeral! at Los Angeles Performance Practice's LAX Festival, directed/choreographed by Diana Wyenn, with a performance of the piece shown at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in 2023 (part of Gina Young's SORORITY: NOT ME). Tova was an Inquiry Fellow with the Institute for Jewish Creativity (2019). A lifelong avid reader and audiobook enthusiast, Tova is thrilled to be bringing their decades of performance experience, voice work, and public speaking to the world of audiobook narration. Tova is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, ASCAP, and Dramatists Guild. Tova Katz (she/they) is an award-winning lyricist-composer, writer, and performer. She has appeared as an actor and vocalist on stages across LA and NYC, including The Getty Villa, La MaMa, 54 Below, Joe's Pub, and Off-Broadway. Tova and her collaborators Alexandra Kalinowski and Katie Lindsay are currently under commission at Geffen Playhouse for Beneath the Bowtie, a new musical about the drag kings who electrified the stages of 1940s mafia-owned clubs of NYC (originally developed in the Geffen Writers' Room, with a reading in 2022 and writing residency in 2024 at the Geffen). Tova recently performed their original solo musical See You at the Funeral! at Los Angeles Performance Practice's LAX Festival, directed/choreographed by Diana Wyenn, with a performance of the piece shown at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in 2023 (part of Gina Young's SORORITY: NOT ME). Tova was an Inquiry Fellow with the Institute for Jewish Creativity (2019). A lifelong avid reader and audiobook enthusiast, Tova is thrilled to be bringing their decades of performance experience, voice work, and public speaking to the world of audiobook narration. Tova is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, AEA, ASCAP, and Dramatists Guild.

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