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Israeli Identities

Jews and Arabs Facing the Self and the Other
1. Aufl.

von: Yair Auron
37,99 €
Verlag:	Berghahn Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	01.03.2012
ISBN/EAN:	9780857453068
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	300

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Titelbeschreibung

The question of identity is one of present-day Israel’s cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism; and attitudes toward Jewish religion. Israeli Arab students (Israeli Palestinians) and Jewish Israeli students were asked corresponding questions regarding their identity. It was found that, rather than lessening its impact over the years, the Holocaust has become a major factor, at times the paramount factor in Jewish identity. Similarly, among Palestinians the Naqba has become a major factor in Palestinian-Israeli identity. However, the overall results show that the identity of a Jewish citizen of Israel is not purely Israeli, nor is it purely Jewish. It is, to varying degrees, a synthesis of Jewish and Israeli components, depending on the particular sub-groups or sub-identities. The same holds for Israeli-Arabs or Israeli-Palestinians who have neither a purely Israeli identity nor a purely Palestinian (or Arab) one.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Preface
 <a>Introduction: Expressions of Jewish Identity in the Modern Era in the Diaspora and in Israel</a>
 Chapter 1. Israeli Identities 2008 Chapter 2. My People and Me Chapter 3. The Holocaust and Me; The Nakba and Me Chapter 4. “The Other” and Me Chapter 5. The State of Israel and Me Chapter 6. Religion and Me
 Conclusion
 Epilogue Bibliography

Autorenportrait

Yair Auron is a professor of genocide and contemporary Judaism at the Open University of Israel and the Kibbutzim College of Education. He has published numerous books and essays, mainly on genocide and on Jewish identity in Israel and Europe, including most recently, The Banality of Indifference: Zionism and the Armenian Genocide (2000), The Banality of Denial: Israel and the Armenian Genocide (2003), Genocide Reflections on the Inconceivable: Theoretical Aspects in Genocide Studied (2007), A Perfect Injustice: Genocide and the Armenian Theft (2009, with Hrayr S. Karagueuzian) and Genocide So That I Wouldn't Be Among the Silent (2011).