Abstract
Abstract This chapter discusses Pnina Motzafi-Haller's Concrete Boxes: Mizrahi Women on Israel's Periphery (2018). This ethnographic study is the outcome of four years of field work, during which Motzafi-Haller visited the town of Yeruham, in Israel's southern district, several times a week. During these visits, Motzafi-Haller conducted in-depth interviews with five Mizrahi women: Nurit, Efrat, Rachel, Esti, and Gila. Four of them were raised in Yeruham and live there to this day; the fifth was also raised in the town but left it later. The life choices and social position of each of these women represent different coping strategies vis-à-vis the reality of life on the Israeli margins. Motzafi-Haller sensitively details their daily lives and provides a fascinating look at Mizrahi women positioned at the center of this particular social space.
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