Jerusalem transformed : politics, culture, and hidden corners / edited by Richard I. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Richard I., editor.

Series:

Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 0740-8625 34.

Studies in contemporary Jewry, 0740-8625 ; XXXIV

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jerusalem--History.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem--Politics and government.

Jerusalem--Symbolic representation.

Arab-Israeli conflict--Jerusalem.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Jerusalem--History--Congresses.

Physical Description:

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Published for the Institute by Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The English phrase "Next Year in Jerusalem," which appeared in no American Passover haggadah prior to 1942, took on new meaning following the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. It was reinterpreted again following the 1967 Six Day War, reflecting the impact of the reunification of Jerusalem upon diverse segments of the American Jewish community. Subsequently, American haggadot employed the phrase on behalf of Soviet Jews and in other freedom-related contexts; it also came to embody the maddening complexities of the Arab-Israeli conflict. As the phrase became a marker of audience, religious commitments and politics, translations and interpretations of the original Hebrew declaration grew increasingly fraught and complex. The appearance, disappearance, translation, illustration and interpretation of "Next Year in Jerusalem" testifies to its significance not only within the haggadah but also within the larger religious, cultural and political life of the American Jew"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Symposium : Jerusalem Transformed: Politics, Culture, and Hidden Corners : The Transformation of "Next Year in Jerusalem" in the Postwar American Haggadah / Jonathan D. Sarna

Poetry in the City with No Horizon: Reading Jerusalem with Leah Goldberg, Zelda Mishkovsky, and Yehuda Amichai / Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi

On Discontents with Jerusalem's Sanctity / Benjamin Z. Kedar

The New "New Jerusalem" as Gateway to the East: British Visions for the Hebrew University / Arie M. Dubnov and Noah Hysler Rubin

The Wandering Hebrew University, 1914-1967 / Assaf Selzer

Jerusalem, 1968: Meaningful Disharmonies / Assaf Shelleg

The Religio-Cultural Soundtrack of an Urban Era: The Creation and Shaping of the Ashkenazic Cantorial Scene in Jerusalem, 1900-1958 / Reuven Gafni

Jordanian Jerusalem and Its Mayor, Rouhi al-Khatib / Menachem Klein

The Palestinians in Jerusalem, 1967-2022: Modes of Resistance, Modes of Accommodation / Hillel Cohen

Book Reviews (arranged by subject).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Cohen, Richard I. Jerusalem transformed

ISBN:

9780197783214

019778321X

OCLC:

1457099503