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Becoming an Israeli Reform Jewish Movement

Creating Community, Religious Practice, and Social Involvement

Elazar Ben-Lulu

Abstract

The Israeli Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism has grown considerably in recent years. Fifty congregations and initiatives now operate throughout the country, offering prayer services, holiday and life-cycle ceremonies, study houses, conversion courses, pre-army programs, and more. Despite its increased presence in Israeli life, the movement is still known among the general public mainly for its struggle to achieve equal status and gain official recognition. In fact, the very term ‘Reform Jew’ still carries a derogatory connotation in many sectors of society. This article describes the major turning points encountered by the Israeli Reform Movement in its quest for recognition, the arenas in which it operates and parties with which it negotiates, and the ways in which it differs from its counterpart in North America. While the article focuses on a single movement in the Israeli marketplace of religious identities, it seeks to shed light on religion–state relations and changes in the Jewish world more generally.

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In  Israel Studies Review

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
22–47 (26 total)
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The Becoming-Greek Tragedy of Julian Barnes's Love, etc

Ying Jiang

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Deleuze and Guattari's becoming is a dynamic alliance with beings. It is not a monad but creative involution. The incorporeal becoming deterritorialises the beings and roams nomadically between them. It has no subject or object, nor does it have centre or periphery; it is a becoming-in-itself. This article analyses the differences between Nietzsche's becoming and that of Deleuze and Guattari. It also summarises the three attributes of a becoming, which is solipsistic, revolutionary and always in-between. Julian Barnes's novel Love, etc exclusively utilises monologues as the narrative device which, along with its minimal personae, penetrating conflict and unsettling ending, prompts a becoming-Greek tragedy similar to Antigone. The becoming-Greek tragedy is not a simple average of the two beings; rather, it is a heterogeneous, molecular interbeing.

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In  Critical Survey

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
45–57 (13 total)
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Beyond Humanity

Unveiling Posthumanist Themes in Charles Stross’ Singularity Sky and its Literary Nexus

Samina Khan

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Posthumanism stands as a complex and interdisciplinary intellectual movement that challenges and broadens conventional notions of human identity and existence, particularly in light of advancements in science and technology. It emerged in response to the swift evolution of technology and its profound impact on our understanding of what it means to be human. Embarking on a posthumanist inquiry, this research delves into the rich fabric of Charles Stross’ Singularity Sky (2003), meticulously unraveling the complexities of human transcendence amidst advanced technology. The article's objective is to unveil the nuanced layers of the author's exploration of posthumanist ideas. The analysis explores the dynamic interplay among characters and their technological surroundings, emphasizing moments where the amalgamation of humanity and cutting-edge technology acts as a catalyst for transcendence.

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In  Screen Bodies

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
54–62 (9 total)
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Biblical Mythopoeia, Gendered War and Sexuality in D. H. Lawrence's ‘Samson and Delilah’

Irene Montori

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Grouped together with modernism's most eminent authors, D. H. Lawrence has been appreciated for his idiosyncratic response to his time and literary modernism. A good deal of critical attention has been given to his contribution to modernist fiction and, in this context, the present article focuses on some crucial aspects of Lawrence's modernism not hitherto addressed in his short story ‘Samson and Delilah’ (1917), in England, My England (1922). By reading ‘Samson and Delilah’ through the lens of modernist mythopoeia, this article aims to highlight Lawrence's reformulation of the biblical story as a way to come to terms with gendered war in national and personal spheres.

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In  Critical Survey

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
105–120 (16 total)
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Blocking the Exit

Research Ethics and Bureaucratic Writing Practices

Brendan Whitty

Abstract

I argue that the standard model of research ethics pushes the ethnographer of bureaucracies to the cautious, concise and compliant textual practices styles of the bureaucracy itself. Given the methodological importance of writing to ethnography, this matters. To make the argument, I draw on my experience of my decision to embargo my PhD thesis, an ethnography of an international donor agency. I show how the key gatekeeper to my research sought to translate concepts from research ethics (consent, avoidance of harm) into insisting on writing and stylistic practices familiar to his organisation (scope of work, risk), in order to constrain future academic publications. These dilemmas played out in the text of the thesis, its styles, forms and arguments. In studying up, the ethical demands of writing present challenges to the text and its methodological significance. I suggest that navigating these methodological challenges demand strategies that also start with the text.

Résumé

Je défends ici l'idée que les standards et modèles traditionnels d’éthique de la recherche poussent l'ethnographe des bureaucraties à développer des pratiques textuelles précautionneuses, concises et complaisantes proches de celles de la bureaucratie elle-même. Etant donné l'importance méthodologique de l’écriture pour l'ethnographie, cela a une grande importance. Pour présenter cet argument, je m'appuie sur la décision de placer ma thèse de doctorat sous embargo, thèse qui portait sur l'ethnographie d'une agence internationale de don. Au cours de ce processus, je montre comment les garants clés de ma recherche ont cherché à traduire les concepts de l’éthique de la recherche (consentement, évitement du préjudice porté) en une insistance sur l’écriture et les pratiques stylistiques familières à cette organisation (visée du travail, risque), dans le but de contraindre la façon dont le bureau était campé dans mes écrits à la langue et les représentations autorisées en cours dans cet office. Avec l'insistance et la contrainte a émergé un dilemme entre les demandes méthodologiques de l’écriture ethnographique et les responsabilités éthiques mises en avant. Le dilemne s'est traduit de façon grandissante dans le texte au point de menacer ma capacité à développer une perspective sur mes données et à séparer le bureau du terrain. Je montre comment je suis parvenu à contourner ces défis méthodologiques par des stratégies de recentrage sur le texte : embargo de la thèse et déplacement pour publier les données sous le format plus court d'articles.

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In  Social Anthropology/Anthropologie sociale

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
42–56 (15 total)
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Book Reviews

Martin F. Asiegbu and Chrysanthus Ogbozo

Daniel Akech Thiong, The Politics of Fear in South Sudan: Generating Chaos, Creating Conflict, 2021. London, Zed Books, Bloomsbury Publishing, xxii +217 pp. ISBN: 978-1-7869-9678-7 (hbk)

Norman Ajari, Darkening Blackness: Race, Gender, Class and Pessimism in 21st – Century Black Thought, translated by Matthew B. Smith, 2024. Polity Press, 219pp. ISBN: 978-1509555000 (pbk).

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In  Theoria

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Book Review
Pages:
129–140 (12 total)
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Book Reviews

Noga Collins-Kreiner, Yoav Peled, Moshe Naor, Roberto Mazza, Tami Amanda Jacoby, Michael J. Broyde, Rachel Feldman, and Ido Zelkovitz

Shay Rabineau. Walking the Land: A History of Israeli Hiking Trails (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2023), 304 pp., $35 (paperback).

Shlomo Ben-Ami. Prophets Without Honor: The 2000 Camp David Summit and the End of the Two-State Solution (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), 400 pp., $31.99 (hardback).

Anat Stern. Combatants on Trial: Military Jurisdiction in Israel during the 1948 War [In Hebrew.] (Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi, 2021), 340 pp., NIS 80 (paperback).

Vincent Lemire. In the Shadow of the Wall: The Life and Death of Jerusalem's Maghrebi Quarter, 1187–1967 (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2023), 400 pp., $32 (paperback).

Rob Geist Pinfold. Understanding Territorial Withdrawal: Israeli Occupations and Exits. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), 344 pp., $83 (hardback).

Rogachevsky, Neil, and Dov Zigler. Israel's Declaration of Independence: The History and Political Theory of the Nation's Founding Moment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), 300 pp., $39.99 (paperback)

Taragin-Zeller, Lea. The State of Desire: Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land (New York: New York University Press, 2023), 200 pp, $28 (paperback).

Segal, Jerome M. The Olive Branch from Palestine: The Palestinian Declaration of Independence and the Path Out of the Current Impasse (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022), 316 pp., $29.95 (hardcover)

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In  Israel Studies Review

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Book Review
Pages:
110–128 (19 total)
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Charlatans and Fraudsters

Spiritual Healing and the Discourse of Piety and Order in Egypt

Sohayla El Fakahany

Abstract

This article delves into the intricate interplay among state institutions, belief systems, dominant discourses and alternative spiritual healing practices in Egypt. It scrutinises the challenges encountered by individuals seeking spiritual healing within a societal framework shaped by educational and religious institutions, social norms, media and the law. Employing a multidisciplinary approach that integrates social anthropology, discourse analysis and cultural studies, the research sheds light on the regulations and limitations imposed on individuals by state-generated discourses, compelling adherence to prescribed rules and belief systems. The analysis explores how power hierarchy and dominant institutions, which categorise certain practices as disordered due to their ritualistic nature, are challenged by practitioners persisting in their work and seekers continuing to pursue these services.

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In  Anthropology of the Middle East

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
25–40 (16 total)
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Civic Friendship, Capabilities and Affiliation

Ana Gavran Miloš and Nebojša Zelič

Abstract

In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha Nussbaum addresses rising intolerance and fear of difference in contemporary societies. She suggests overcoming these issues through ethical consistency, equality, and the cultivation of sympathetic imagination. Nussbaum views this imaginative engagement as a form of civic friendship essential for societal transformation. However, we argue that her concept of civic friendship is problematic. First, Nussbaum's criteria do not suffice to define friendship. Second, this thin concept of civic friendship is unlikely to achieve the societal transformation Nussbaum envisions. We propose developing a more substantive account of civic friendship. This paper aims to create an Aristotelian account of civic friendship within a capabilitarian framework compatible with contemporary, plural societies.

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In  Theoria

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
53–76 (24 total)
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Civilizing Russia's “Barbarous Kingdom”

Gender and Violence in Hulu's The Great

Marjorie Hilton

Abstract

The Hulu series The Great, an ahistorical satire of the eighteenth-century Russian Empire, set at the courts of Peter III and Catherine II, doubles as a critique of contemporary politics and culture. Created for Anglophone audiences with little knowledge of history, but aware of stereotypes of Russia as a despotic, dysfunctional backwater, the show's appeal rests on the love-hate relationship between Peter the bro-emperor and the “girlboss” empress Catherine, as well as the expectation that Catherine, ultimately, will “have-it-all.” This article examines the gender dynamics structuring Peter's and Catherine's narrative arcs and argues that Catherine's trajectory from naïve, self-declared enlightened European princess to skilled, pragmatic ruler undermines Peter's attempt to liberate himself from an outdated model of masculinity.

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In  Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques

Published (Print):
01 Jun 2024
Article Type:
Research Article
Pages:
30–45 (16 total)