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Dear All, Naturally, this has been an emotive subject, but I just happened upon this message, posted on another JISC list I subscribe to, and I thought it was relevant; it seems 'the other' in Israeli society is also increasingly marginalised thanks to the rise of the religious far right, and the stratification of Israel's national identity along increasingly narrow lines. Anyway, I should be getting an opinion piece on the subject published by an online magazine site soon, so I'll gladly share the link if anyone's interested. Regards, - Alexander -- Alexander Hay PhD Policy & Communications Consultant Electronics & Computer Science Faculty of Physical & Applied Sciences Building 32 Room 4067 University of Southampton ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shai Feraro <[log in to unmask]> Date: 31 July 2014 13:20 Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Another new article on Israeli Pagans To: [log in to unmask] *** apologies for cross-posting *** Dear colleagues, I am happy to write to you about another article of mine on Israeli Pagans, which was published today in the *International Journal for the Study of New Religions*. The article is titled "'Modern Paganism in the Holy Land: Maintaining a Community-Building Discourse among Israeli Pagans, 2011-2013". Israeli Pagans are a small and relatively new spiritual community, that have taken root in country in recent years. This article will analyze the contemporary discourse maintained by Israeli Pagans when discussing questions of organization and of religious-political rights. As such it will deal with the complexities of identifying oneself as a (Jewish-born) Pagan in Israel, the nation state of the Jewish people. I will argue that although Israeli Pagans may employ a community-building discourse, they constantly fear the perceived negative consequences of public exposure, and see the bond between (Jewish) religion and the state in Israel as a main factor in the intolerance and even persecution that they expect from the government and from members of the Haredim (Ultra Orthodox) religious group. It can be accessed using this link: https://www.equinoxpub .com/journals/index.php/IJSNR/article/view/19441 With every good wish, Shai Feraro. -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid “engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list.” For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------