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Palestinians facing eviction rescued my family, says Jewish professor
Professor of anthropology Julia Elyachar at Princeton University, 30 April 2021 [Julia Elyachar/Twitter] April 30, 2021 at 2:47 pm
In a remarkable twist of fate, a Jewish professor at Princeton University has expressed her anguish knowing that two Palestinian families facing eviction in occupied East Jerusalem may have saved her Jewish family from ruin.
Professor of anthropology Julia Elyachar recollects the close bond between her grandfather and the Palestinian family about to be evicted from their homes. When Elyachar s great-grandfather Raphael, who lived in Jerusalem, died, her grandfather was 13. Raphael had two business partners, recalls the professor writing in the