Oriental Jewish figures symbolized the healthy new Jew versus the miserable exile.

Evidence

Pann’s oriental figures were regarded as example of the free, natural, and healthy Jewish character, the opposite of the miserable exilic Jew: ‘Yerushalayim: ha-tzayar ha-oman mar Pann,’ Ha-herut, January 28, 1914. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 1219

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels how the soundscape/body literature treats exilic vs. healthy-bodily identity; also echoes Zionism’s remaking of diaspora identity. Relevant to the article on trees/grafting as metaphor of renewal.