Multilingual Israel? : old ideologies and new realities / edited by Iair G. Or, Elana Shohamy and Bernard Spolsky

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Or, Iair G., 1973- editor.

Shohamy, Elana Goldberg, editor.

Spolsky, Bernard, editor.

Series:

Multilingual matters ; 182

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Israel.

Multilingualism.

Language policy--Israel.

Language policy.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Jackson : Multilingual Matters, 2026

Summary:

"This book provides the most comprehensive overview to date of multilingualism in Israel, spanning Hebrew-only ideologies, immigrant and heritage languages, and grassroots initiatives. It offers essential insights for scholars, students and those interested in sociolinguistics, language policy and the complexities of Israeli society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Israel : a multilingual space shaped by people, media technologies, policies, ideologies and needs / Iair G. Or, Elana Shohamy and Bernard Spolsky

'This clause does not harm the status given to the Arabic language' : the nation state law and the status of the Arabic language from a language ideology perspective / Dafna Yitzhaki

The war of languages and German-speaking Jewry / Yuval Rubovitch

Was Yiddish really persecuted in early Israel? The case of the Yiddish press / Rachel Rojanski

“Israeli Arabic” : the story of new varieties in the state of Israel / Abed al-Rahman Mar’i

Ideological dilemmas in the use of Arabizi by young Arab citizens in Israel / Oren Livio

Jewish languages and inclusivity–exclusivity dialectics in Israeli theatre / Sarit Cofman-Simhon

The presence of Arabic in Israeli cinema / Sigal Yona

Abugida : keeping the Tigrinya language and culture alive / Dolly Eliyahu-Levi

Hebrew at the margins : language instruction for asylum seekers in Israel / Yael Gaulan and Yuli Hatzofe

Language reclamation : a response to the oppressive Sudanese state and a coping strategy for Darfurian asylum seekers in Israel / Adam Ahmed and Lisa Richlen

Keepers of the flame : mitigating language shift in the Ethiopian Jewish community in Israel / Belaynesh Mekonen, Mónica Broido and Michal Tannenbaum

The sign language mosaic in Israel / Wendy Sandler

The Russian Israeli community : a language-based phenomenon / Marina Niznik

Spanish and the Spanish-speaking community in Israel today / Ivonne Lerner and Rosalie Sitman

Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) in Israel in a multilingual society / Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald

Patterns of maintenance : uses and teaching of Chinese as a heritage language in Chinese communities in Israel / Tamar Cohen-Kehat

The presence of Hebrew in the Arabic discourse of staff meetings in an Arab school / Haitam Shehadeh

Epilogue : multilingualism in Israel’s shifting realities / Iair G. Or and Elana Shohamy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version: Multilingual Israel?

ISBN:

9781788929103

1788929101

9781788929110

178892911X

OCLC:

1584517115

Publisher Number:

CIPO000375577

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license