Nationalism, Zionism and ethnic mobilization of the Jews in 1900 and beyond / / edited by Michael Berkowitz.

This volume engages diverse topics such as art, music, and radio broadcasting in the development of modern Jewish nationalism by leading scholars in their respective fields. It contains richly detailed studies that challenge existing historiography--from personal struggles with nationalism, to the l...

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Superior document:IJS studies in Judaica, v. 2
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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
Notes:"Conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies"--CIP series t.p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Introduction: 1900 to 2000 and Beyond: Taking Nationalism for Granted?; Jewish Identity and the Paradox of Nationalism; Before Hebrew Song; Radio and the Shaping of Modern Israel, 1936-1973; The Archaeology of Memory on Tel-Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard; The Way to a Halachic State: Theocratic Political Extremism in Israel; Reconsidering Chaim Weizmann and Moses Gaster in the Founding Mythology of Zionism; Fort mit den Hausjuden! Jewish Nationalists Engage Mass Politics; Jewish Nationalism and Libertarian Socialism in the Writings of Bernard Lazare; The Zionist World of Arnold Zweig
  • The Russian Jewish Intelligentsia and Modern Yiddish CultureChanukah and its Function in the Invention of a Jewish-Heroic Tradition in Early Zionism, 1880-1900; Trouble at the Bezalel: Conflicting Visions of Zionism and Art; The Mystery of the Menorah and the Star; Notes on the Contributors; Index