Etz Chayim reads and discusses

One Moroccan Woman

by Yamit Armbrister

Sunday, September 7, 2014, at 4:00 p.m.

The year is 1951, and just as the recently born State of Israel takes its first toddling steps toward the future, a young Jewish woman in Morocco watches as her mother’s last breath reduces her into a thing of the past. Amid her sorrow and mourning, Tamar Ben Zaken must now sacrifice her goals and ambitions in order to care for her father and siblings. To make matters worse, their secure and privileged life may be coming to an end at the hands of political and social changes that threaten the peaceful coexistence between Moroccan Jews and Muslims, who are outraged by Israel’s establishment.

Inspired by actual events, One Moroccan Woman sets interpersonal drama against the backdrop of political, social, and religious volatility.