Australia & Israel : a diasporic, cultural and political relationship / edited by Shahar Burla and Dashiel Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burla, Shaḥar, editor.

Lawrence, Dashiel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israel and the diaspora.

Jews--Australia--History.

Jews.

Jews--Australia--Identity.

Australia--Foreign relation--Israel.

Australia.

Israel--Foreign relation--Australia.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Eastbourne, East Sussex, England : Sussex Academic Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Australia and the State of Israel have maintained a cordial if at times ambiguous relationship. The two countries are geographically isolated: strategic, economic, and cultural interests lie increasingly with Asia for one, and with the United States and the European Union for the other. But for all that divides the two states, there is also much they share. Australia played an important role in the Jewish state's establishment in 1948, and is home to the most Zionist-centered Jewish diaspora globally. Jewishness for most Australian Jews has been shaped and defined by engagement with and suppor

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Why the Book?: Shahar Burla and Dashiel Lawrence""; ""Part One Australia and Israel � Diasporic Relationship""; ""1 Rewriting the Rules of Engagement: New Australian Jewish Connections with Israel: Dashiel Lawrence""; ""2 The Personal, the Political and the Religious: Bnei Akiva Australia and its Relationship with Israel: Ari Lander""; ""3 Israeli Government and Diaspora Mobilisation: The Flotilla to Gaza and Australian Jewry as a Case Study: Shahar Burla""

""4 The Place of Hebrew and Israel Education in Australian Jewish Schools: Suzanne Rutland and Zehavit Gross""""5 The Ausraeli Approach: the Diasporic Identity of Israelis in Australia: Ran Porat""; ""Part Two Australia and Israel � Political and Cultural Relationship""; ""6 Overcoming Water Scarcity and Inequity in Arid Lands: Comparing Water Management in Australia and Israel: Dominic Skinner and Stephanie Galaitsi""; ""7 Ben Zygier�s Story and Australia�Israel Relations: Ingrid Matthews""

""8 A Fight Worth Having: Rudd, Gillard, Israel and the Australian Labor Party: Alex Benjamin Burston-Chorowicz""""9 An Alliance of Forgetting: National Narratives of Legitimacy on the Occasion of Israel�Australia�s Joint Stamp Issue Commemorating the Battle of Beersheba: Micaela Sahhar""; ""Part Three Australia, Israel and the Boycott Divestment and Sanction Scheme""; ""10 The Australian Greens and the Israeli�Palestinian Conflict: Philip Mendes""; ""11 Academic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Implications for Australian�Israeli Relations: Ingrid Matthews and James Arvanitakis""

""Conclusion: First Cousinhood, Political Unease, and the Limits of Comparison: Fania Oz-Salzberger""""The Editors and Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78284-223-3

1-78284-225-X

OCLC:

916910850