Resumen de Remembering "Old Jerusalem": : Storytelling and the politics of sephardi/mizrahi cultural revival
This article interrogates the cultural politics of a series of storytelling performances in Jerusalem in light of an ongoing "revival" of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish heritage in Israel. An examination of performers' on-stage narratives and interactions reveals three discursive approaches to defining authentic Jerusalem culture through descriptions of "old-time" lifeways: emphasizing the city's cosmopolitan past; challenging contemporary social hierarchies in Israel via jabs at "Ashkenazim" and idealization of Sephardi culture; and through claims of underlying Jewish unity.
