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1 online resource (220 pages). |
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Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century
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Jewish studies in the 21st century.
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Contesting Israel: Narratives in Scholarship and Beyond / Arieh Saposnik -- Palestinian Citizenship in Israel: A Settler Colonial Perspective / Nadim N. Rouhana and Areej Sabbagh-Khoury -- Immigration: Social Strains and the Challenge of Diversity / Calvin Goldscheider -- Kibbutzim: The Challenge of Transformation / Raymond Russell -- The Women's Movement: Mobilization and the State / Patricia J. Woods -- Modern Orthodox Feminism: Art, Jewish Law, and the Quest for Equality / Paula J. Birnbaum -- Jewish Ideological Killers: Religious Fundamentalism or Ethnic Marginality? / Michael Feige -- Israeli Fiction: National Identity and Private Lives / Nehama Aschkenasy -- Israeli Hebrew: National Identity and Language / Shmuel Bolozky -- The Politics of Israel: Relations with the American Jewish Community / Theodore Sasson -- Conclusion: Imagination and Reality in Scenarios of Israel's Future / Ilan Troen. |
| Summary |
"For a country smaller than Vermont, with roughly the same population as Honduras, modern Israel receives a remarkable amount of attention. For supporters, it is a unique bastion of democracy in the Middle East, while detractors view it as a racist outpost of Western colonialism. The romanticization of Israel became particularly prominent in 1967, when its military prowess shocked a Jewish world still reeling from the sense of powerlessness dramatized by the Holocaust. That imagery has grown ever more visible, with Israel's supporters idealizing its technological achievements and its opponents attributing almost every problem in the region, if not beyond, to its imperialistic aspirations. The contradictions and competing views of modern Israel are the subject of this book. There is much to consider about modern Israel besides the Middle East conflict. Over the past generation, a substantial body of scholarship has explored numerous aspects of the country, including its approaches to citizenship and immigration, the arts, the women's movement, religious fundamentalism, and language; but much of that work has to date been confined within the walls of the academy. This book does not seek to resolve either the country's internal debates or its struggle with the Arab world, but to present a sample of contemporary scholars' discoveries and discussions about modern Israel in an accessible way. In each of the areas discussed, competing narratives grapple for prominence, and it is these which are highlighted in this volume"-- Publisher's website. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Israel -- History -- 1993-
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Israel. |
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History. |
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1993- |
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Israel -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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21st century |
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National characteristics, Israeli.
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National characteristics, Israeli. |
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Social conditions. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
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Since 1993 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946- editor.
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Container of (work): Saposnik, Arieh Bruce, 1966-
Contesting Israel : narratives in scholarship and beyond.
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Print version: Greenspahn, Frederick E. Contemporary Israel : New Insights and Scholarship. : NYU Press, ©2016 9781479896806 (OCoLC)926743455 |
| ISBN |
9781479870141 |
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1479870145 |
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9781479896806 |
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1479896802 |
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9781479828944 |
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1479828947 |
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