About this episode

Dan Senor and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss how the Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide influences Israeli politics and elections.

How will current issues or past discrimination against Mizrahi Israelis influence this election? Dan and sociologist Mijal Bitton discuss the history, identity, and political narratives of Mizrahi Jews—whose families came to Israel from across the Midd...

People in this episode

Host: Dan Senor

Guest: Mijal Bitton

Topics covered

• Israeli politics
• Mizrahi Jews
• Ashkenazi Jews
• elections
• discrimination
• identity
• political narratives

Keywords

• Mizrahi Israelis
• Israeli elections
• political divide
• sociology
• Jewish identity
• discrimination
• political narratives

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Places: Israel, Midd

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