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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454953503321

Autore

Chetrit Sami Shalom <1960-, >

Titolo

Intra-Jewish conflict in Israel : white Jews, black Jews / / Sami Shalom Chetrit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-20232-X

1-282-37753-1

9786612377532

0-203-87035-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; ; 13

Disciplina

305.80095694

Soggetti

Jews, Oriental - Israel - Social conditions - 20th century

Jews, Oriental - Political activity - Israel

Protest movements - Israel

Social movements - Israel

Intergroup relations - Israel

Electronic books.

Israel Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : cultural conflict or class struggle? -- The encounter : Ashkenazi Zionism and the Jews of the Muslim world, sociohistorical background -- The first decade : from shock to protest -- "Either the pie is for everyone, or there won't be no pie!" HaPantherim HaSh'horim (the Black Panthers Movement) : the generating collective confrontation -- The old crown and the new discourse : the era of radical awareness, 1981 to the present day.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book in English to examine the Mizrahi Jews (Jews from the Muslim world) in Israel, focussing in particular on social and political movements such as the Black Panthers and SHAS. The book analyses the ongoing cultural encounter between Zionism and Israel on one side and Mizrahi Jews on the other. It charts the relations and political struggle between Ashkenazi-Zionists and the Mizrahim in



Israel from post-war relocation through to the present day.The author examines the Mizrahi political struggle and resistance from early immigration in the 1950s to formative