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The new Israelis : ethnicity, religion, and nationalism / Alex Weingrod, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weingrod, Alex, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnicity--Israel.
- Ethnicity.
- National characteristics, Israeli.
- Israel--Ethnic relations.
- Israel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Following successive immigration waves, the military occupation of the West Bank and the emergence of a high-tech based economy, Israeli society has become increasingly complex and divided. In this timely study, Alex Weingrod utilizes ground-breaking ethnographic research to unpack Israel's diverse communities and cultures, arguing that there are several different versions of "being Israeli" that influence and contest with one another. Covering a fascinating range of topics from shifting ethnic group identities to the reinvented Hebrew language and Israeli popular music, Weingrod discusses minority groups including Ethiopian Israelis, the LGBTQ community, migrant workers and the growing, changing Ultra-Orthodox haredi communities alongside Israeli Palestinians who are marginalized and yet resilient. Culminating in an analysis of the unprecedented 2023 political-cultural schism that divided the society between supporters and protesting opponents of government legislation, Weingrod brings the discussion of Israeli divisions, discontents, and paradoxes up to date.
- Contents:
- Bones of contention : from warrior to victim
- Ethnicity matters : or does it?
- The new Israeli minorities
- Arabs in the Jewish state
- The religious turn
- Words and music
- Conclusions, today and tomorrow
- An epilogue. Israeli society's sudden schism.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jan 2025).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781009382328
- 1009382322
- 9781009382359
- 1009382357
- 9781009382311
- 1009382314
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