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In Search of Identity: Jewish Aspects in Israeli Culture
Author(s): Dan Urian (Editor), Efraim Karsh
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 1998
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 292 pages
- ISBN-10: 0714648892
- ISBN-13: 9780714648897
Book Description
Culture has played a focal role in the shaping of Jewish-Israeli national identity. Since the 1950s, Israeli culture has been disintegrating into simultaneous sub-cultures. The contributors discuss the nature and characteristics of this cultural tension and the nature of Jewishness.
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Review
‘engaging and dynamic book…This comprehensive collection of articles will be of perticular interest to students and scholars of Jewish-Israeli culture and to any reader with an interest in the subject.’ – Religious Studies Review
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Dan Urian, Efraim Karsh
