(secular) right and another that comments on the English translation of Hillel Cohen’s Year Zero of the Israeli-Arab Conflict: 1929 ( Tarpat in Hebrew), which created quite a stir in Israel when it was originally published. We also review a new book on
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Jewish Secular-Believer Women in Israel
A Complex and Ambivalent Identity
Hagar Lahav
)—mean by their self-identification? To begin investigating this question, one should first realize that, in contrast to Protestantism, Judaism is first and foremost a religion of practice ( Dan 1997 ). Even the Hebrew word for ‘religion’ ( dat ) itself
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2017
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- Research Article
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- 66–88 (23 total)
Menachem Klein
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was quoted in the Hebrew newspaper Ha’aretz two days later: To our Jewish fellow natives of the homeland, to those who were cheated by Zionism, to those who understand the goals and damage of Zionism—to them we extend our
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2017
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- Review Article
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- 146–163 (18 total)
Yagil Levy
://www.pcbs.gov.ps/portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/Press_En_IntPopDy2017E.pdf ; Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, press release, “The Muslim Population in Israel” [in Hebrew], http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/newhodaot/hodaa_template.html?hodaa=201811249 . 2 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Population by District
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Sep 2020
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- Research Article
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- 58–76 (19 total)
Israeli Theater for Youth
Performing History of Mizrahi Jews
Naphtaly Shem-Tov
in building a new life in Israel. According to Oz Almog (2000) , Hebrew culture ascribes a number of virtues to the sabra: he is perceived as ‘chosen’ and is unique, courageous, smart, sturdy, and healthy. His moral behavior fulfills the Zionist
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2022
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- Research Article
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- 81–104 (24 total)
The Editors
also break an ISR tradition in the process. To date, ISR has reviewed only books in English, but this time we include a book in Hebrew: Uri Ram’s study of Martin Buber’s impact on Israeli society, on which we are publishing two reviews that present
’s literature through the books of Devorah Omer: the NILI espionage group during World War I and the story of Itamar Ben-Avi, the first native speaker of modern Hebrew. Shikhmanter weaves together politics and differing historical narratives to show how Omer
Trauma, Time, and the ‘Singular Plural’
The Israeli Television Series Fauda
Nurith Gertz and Raz Yosef
solidified. Created by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz (2015) , Fauda is a contemporary Israeli action television series depicting an IDF undercover unit, Mist’aravim (lit., ‘those who have become Arab’ in Hebrew), whose members blend into the local
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Dec 2017
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- Research Article
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- 1–20 (20 total)
Creating a Significant Community
Religious Engagements in the Film Ha-Mashgihim (God’s Neighbors)
Merav Alush-Levron
). 12 The mezuzot is a parchment inscribed with Hebrew verses from the Torah that is attached to door frames in the homes of Jewish people. The tefillin are small leather cases holding biblical passages that are worn above the head and on the arm of
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Jun 2016
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- Research Article
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- 86–106 (21 total)
Ephraim Yuchtman-Yaar, Yasmin Alkalay, and Tom Aival
Hebrew, Arabic, and Russian. The maximum measurement error for the entire sample is ±4.1 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent. Note that the present study concerns the Israeli-Jewish public only. Statistical processing was conducted by Yasmin
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Dec 2018
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- Research Article
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- 1–20 (20 total)