Israeli state radio under-served its largest immigrant group, Moroccan Jews, in Arabic.

Evidence

Thus even in the most basic forms of popular culture, Yiddish was a pervasive presence, and the Judeo-Arabic voice was prevented even from functioning as a melitz, an intermediary, an educational tool. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 699 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Israeli state radio privileged Yiddish while suppressing Arabic-language programming for Jews — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 699; State radio deployed Yiddish to absorb immigrants while excluding Judeo-Arabic entirely — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 699; Israeli state radio deliberately denied Arabic-language programming to Mizrahi Jewish immigrants — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 697

Broader Connections

• State radio deployed Yiddish to absorb immigrants while excluding Judeo-Arabic entirely #complicates (0.80) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 699