Creator Bio
Sami Shalom Chetrit
b. 1960
Sami Shalom Chetrit is a Moroccan-born social science scholar, poet, and film producer who moved to Israel at age three. He holds a doctorate from the Hebrew University and is a professor at Queens College in New York. An influential social activist who lectures in Israel and the United States, Chetrit has published texts and essays about ethnicity, class, and culture. He also produced the film The Black Panthers Speak.
Content by Sami Shalom Chetrit
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Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black Jews
Scholar Sami Shalom Chetrit analyzes Mizrahi life in Israel through “oppression relations,” revealing how power, race, and assimilation shaped Jewish identity.