Description
Book SynopsisThe 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...
Trade Review “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 Pappé, author of A History of Modern Palestine. One Land, Two People.
Table of Contents List of Tables
Preface
Introduction: Expressions of Jewish Identity in the Modern Era in the Diaspora and in Israel
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
