You Who Cross My Path

This First U.s. Publication Of Erez Bitton, One Of Israels Most Celebrated Poets, Recalls The Fate Of Moroccan Jewish Culture With Poems Both Evocative And Pure. Considered The Founding Father Of Mizrahi Israeli Poetry, A Major Tradition In The History Of Hebrew Poetry, Bittons Bilingual Collection Dramatically Expands The Scope Of Biographical Experience And Memory, Ultimately Resurrecting A Vanishing World And Culture.preliminary Background Wordsmy Mother My Motherfrom A Village Of Shrubs Green Of A Different Green.from A Birds Nest Producing Milk Sweeter Than Sweet.from A Nightingales Cradle Of A Thousand Arabian Nights.my Mother My Motherwho Staved Off Evilwith Her Middle Fingerswith Beating Her Cheston Behalf Of All Mothers.my Father My Fatherwho Delved Into Worldswho Sanctified The Sabbath With Pure Araqwho Was Most Practicedin Synagogue Traditions.and Ihaving Distanced Myselfdeep Into My Heartwould Recitewhen All Were Asleepshort Bach Massesdeep Into My Heartin Jewish-moroccan.the 2015 Recipient Of The Israel Prize, Erez Bitton Was Born In 1942 To Moroccan Parents In Oran, Algeria, And Emigrated To Israel In 1948.