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Australia & Israel: A Diasporic, Cultural and Political Relationship
Shahar Burla (Ed.)
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Description for Australia & Israel: A Diasporic, Cultural and Political Relationship
Hardcover. Editor(s): Burla, Shahar; Lawrence, Dashiel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1MBF; JFSR1; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Australia and the State of Israel have maintained a cordial if at times ambiguous relationship. The two countries are geographically isolated: strategic, economic and cultural interests lie increasingly with Asia for one, and with the US and the EU for the other. But for all that divides the two states, there is also much they share. Australia played an important role in the Jewish state's establishment in 1948, and is home to the most Zionist centered Jewish diaspora globally. Jewishness for most Australian Jews has been shaped and defined by engagement with and support for Israel. At the heart of ... Read more
Australia and the State of Israel have maintained a cordial if at times ambiguous relationship. The two countries are geographically isolated: strategic, economic and cultural interests lie increasingly with Asia for one, and with the US and the EU for the other. But for all that divides the two states, there is also much they share. Australia played an important role in the Jewish state's establishment in 1948, and is home to the most Zionist centered Jewish diaspora globally. Jewishness for most Australian Jews has been shaped and defined by engagement with and support for Israel. At the heart of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196882
SKU
V9781845196882
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About Shahar Burla (Ed.)
Shahar Burla is a research Associate at the Sydney Jewish Museum. He is the author of Political Imagination in the Diaspora: The Construction of a Pro-Israeli Narrative (2013). He has received several awards, including a President's Fellowship for outstanding PhD student, Bar-Ilan University and the Menahem Begin Foundation academic award. Dashiel Lawrence is a doctoral candidate at the School of ... Read more
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