My Second-Favorite Country : How American Jewish Children Think About Israel / Sivan Zakai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zakai, Sivan, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish children--United States--Attitudes.

Jewish children.

Jews--United States--Attitudes toward Israel.

Jews.

Israel--Study and teaching--United States.

Israel.

Israel--Foreign public opinion, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 8 b/w illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"Drawing on a longitudinal study of Jewish children in the United States, this book presents Jewish children's learning about Israel as a rich case for understanding how children develop ideas and beliefs about self, community, nation, and world over the course of elementary school"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. "The place where I belong": children's conceptions of home and homeland

2. "Once upon a time God made Israel": children's narrations of Israel's history

3. "Israel vs. the other team": children's understanding of the Israeli-Arab/Palestinian conflict

4. "Why didn't you tell me?": civics, politics, and children's righteous anger.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2022)

ISBN:

1-4798-0899-7

OCLC:

1313883161