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Israeli Identities: Jews and Arabs Facing the Self and the Other
Yair Auron
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Description for Israeli Identities: Jews and Arabs Facing the Self and the Other
Paperback. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; and attitudes toward Jewish religion. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782387954
SKU
V9781782387954
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About Yair Auron
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Israeli Identities: Jews and Arabs Facing the Self and the Other
This is a very professional and empirical study on Israeli attitudes to both the Holocaust and the Naqba and their implications on the construction of present-day Israeli identities. The scholarship is sound and the methodology impressive.
Ilan Pappe, author of A History of Modern Palestine. One Land, Two People.
Ilan Pappe, author of A History of Modern Palestine. One Land, Two People.