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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Perspectives on Israel Studies
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Perspectives on Israel studies.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
An invitation to Israel literacy / S. Ilan Troen and Rachel Fish -- Israel : geography, demography, and economy / S. Ilan Troen, Maoz Azaryahu, and Arnon Golan -- From Zionism to Zion / Michael Brenner -- Zionist settlement in the land of Israel/Palestine / S. Ilan Troen -- The Arab-Israeli conflict / Alan Dowty -- History of the peace process / David Makovsky -- Israel in world opinion / Gil Troy -- Israel : a Jewish democracy / Yedidia Dtern -- Citizenship and democracy in Israel / Donna Robinson Divine -- Israel, American Jews, and Jewish peoplehood / Steven Bayme -- "Jewishness" in Israel : Israel as a Jewish state / David Ellenson -- Contemporary Christianity and Israel / Yaakov Ariel -- Perceptions and understandings of Israel within Islam / Norman A. Stillman -- "Hebrewism" and Israeli culture / Rachel S. Harris -- Israeli and Hebrew literature : from the Yishuv to the 21st century / Ranen Omer Sherman. |
| Summary |
Most Americans are ill-prepared to engage thoughtfully in the increasingly serious debate about Israel, its place in the Middle East, and its relations with the United States. Essential Israel examines a wide variety of complex issues and current concerns in historical and contemporary contexts to provide readers with an intimate sense of the dynamic society and culture that is Israel today. The expert contributors to this volume address the Arab-Israeli conflict, the state of diplomatic efforts to bring about peace, Zionism and the impact of the Holocaust, the status of the Jewish state and Israeli democracy, foreign relations, immigration and Israeli identity, as well as literature, film, and the other arts. This unique and innovative volume provides solid grounding to understandings of Israel's history, politics, culture, and possibilities for the future. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Peace.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Peace. |
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Israel -- Politics and government.
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Israel. |
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Politics and government. |
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Zionism.
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Zionism. |
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Israel -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Troen, S. Ilan (Selwyn Ilan), 1940- editor.
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Fish, Rachel, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Essential Israel. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana Unviversity Press, 2017 9780253027009 (DLC) 2017001783 |
| ISBN |
9780253027191 (electronic book) |
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0253027195 (electronic book) |
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9780253027009 |
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0253027004 |
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025302711X |
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9780253027115 |
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