Intra-Jewish Conflict in Israel: White Jews, Black Jews

by Chetrit; Sami Shalom

• ISBN13: 9780415778640
• ISBN10: 0415778646
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book examines the Mizrahi Jews (Jews from the Muslim world) in Israel, focussing on social and political movements such as the Black Panthers and SHAS. It charts the relations and political struggle between Ashkenazi-Zionists and the Mizrahim in Israel from post-war relocation through to the present day.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Introduction: cultural conflict or class struggle?	p. 1
The encounter: Ashkenazi Zionism and the Jews of the Muslim world, sociohistorical background	p. 16
The first decade: from shock to protest	p. 43
"Either the pie is for everyone, or there won't be no pie!" HaPanterism HaSh'horim (the Black Panthers Movement): the generating collective confrontation	p. 81
The old crown and the new discourse: the era of radical-1981 to the present day	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 225
Notes	p. 242
Bibliography	p. 272
Index	p. 287
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