1st Edition
Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel White Jews, Black Jews
By Sami Shalom Chetrit
Copyright 2010
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. The Encounter: Ashkenazi Zionism and the Jews of the East, Socio-historic Background 2. The First Decade: From Shock to Protest 3. "Either the pie is for everyone, or there won't be no pie!" HaPantherim HaSh'horim (The Black Panthers) – The Generating Collective Confrontation 4. The Old Crown and the New Discourse: The Era of Radical Awareness – 1981-2003
Biography
Sami Shalom Chetrit is Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical, Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queen’s College, CUNY.
