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A review essay covering a book by Kristie Macrakis, Prisoners, Lovers & Spies: The Story of Invisible Ink from Herodotus to al-Qaeda (2014).

Jewish Communities in Exotic Places examines seventeen Jewish groups that are referred to in Hebrew as edot ha-mizrach, Eastern or Oriental Jewish communities. These groups, situated in remote places on the Asian and African Jewish geographical periphery, became isolated from the major centers of Jewish civilization over the centuries and embraced some interesting practices and aspects of the dominant cultures in which they were situated.

Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 Arrival Allergy -- 2 My Favourite Teacher -- 3 Bald and Dangerous -- 4 Romantic Mismatch -- 5 Traffic and Ties -- 6 Love, God and Dissection -- 7 The Other Taliban -- 8 Work and Women -- 9 Illegal Alien -- 10 Shooting with Bill -- 11 Village Honeymoon -- 12 The House Call -- 13 First Day in the Asylum -- 14 My Fifteen Minutes of Fame -- 15 A Failure to Remember -- Acknowledgments.