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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450502403321

Titolo

Nationalism, Zionism and Ethnic Mobilization of the Jews in 1900 and Beyond / / edited by Michael Berkowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004

ISBN

1-280-46766-5

9786610467662

1-4237-1625-6

90-474-0243-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

IJS Studies in Judaica ; ; 2

Disciplina

320.54/095694

Soggetti

Jewish nationalism - History - 20th century

Jews - Identity

Zionism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Conference proceedings of the Institute of Jewish Studies"--CIP series t.p.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: 1900 to 2000 and Beyond: Taking Nationalism for Granted?; Jewish Identity and the Paradox of Nationalism; Before Hebrew Song; Radio and the Shaping of Modern Israel, 1936-1973; The Archaeology of Memory on Tel-Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard; The Way to a Halachic State: Theocratic Political Extremism in Israel; Reconsidering Chaim Weizmann and Moses Gaster in the Founding Mythology of Zionism; Fort mit den Hausjuden! Jewish Nationalists Engage Mass Politics; Jewish Nationalism and Libertarian Socialism in the Writings of Bernard Lazare; The Zionist World of Arnold Zweig

The Russian Jewish Intelligentsia and Modern Yiddish CultureChanukah and its Function in the Invention of a Jewish-Heroic Tradition in Early Zionism, 1880-1900; Trouble at the Bezalel: Conflicting Visions of Zionism and Art; The Mystery of the Menorah and the Star; Notes on the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume engages diverse topics such as art, music, and radio broadcasting in the development of modern Jewish nationalism by



leading scholars in their respective fields. It contains richly detailed studies that challenge existing historiography--from personal struggles with nationalism, to the lesser-known origins of the Balfour Declaration, from boisterous demonstrations on the streets of pre-World War I Galicia, to skirmishes between Jews in present-day Jerusalem. It examines how nationalism has worked in theory and practice for Jews and at times been fiercely resisted. Beginning with the memory of Theodor Herzl and his cohort at the London Zionist Congress of 1900, this book revisits the wider scene of Zionism's emergence, as we explore the imagination of, and the attempted national mobilization of Jewry throughout the twentieth century. Contributors include: Delphine Bechtel; Nachman Ben-Yehuda; Michael Berkowitz; Inka Bertz; Philip Bohlman; John M. Efron; Richard A. Freund; Francois Guesnet; Michael Löwy; Barbara Mann; Derek Penslar; James Renton; Aviel Roshwald; Joshua Shanes.