ASSOCIATION for ISRAEL STUDIES
16th Annual Meeting
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAEL
June 25-27, 2000
Hosted by Tel Aviv University
PROGRAM
SUNDAY - June 25
8:30-9:15 Registration, Refreshments, Book Exhibit
Dan David Building
9:15-11:15 Session 1
1A YERUSHALAYIM, EL-QUDS, AND JERUSALEM: MULTIPLE
Room 110 NARRATIVES, OVERLAPPING SPACES, AND DANGEROUS TABOOS
Chair: Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University
Ian Lustick, University of Pennsylvania,
El-Quds and Yerushalayim: Political Catechism and Political Realities
Amy Horowitz, Smithsonian Institution,
The Jerusalem Project: Dialogues in Culture and Ethnography
Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, Technion,
Yerushalayim, El-Quds, or Jerusalem: Architectural Appropriations
Raphi Israeli, Hebrew University,
Armistice in Jerusalem Once Again?
1B SHAS
Room 111
Chair: Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University
Zvi Zohar, Bar Ilan University and Shalom Hartman Institute,
Restoring the Crown to its Ancient Glory: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's Radical
Vision of a Unified Israeli Judaism
Leora Bilsky, Tel Aviv University,
The Deri Trial: Rhetoric and Politics
Zeev Emmerich and Gal Levy, Cambridge University and the London School of
Economics and Political Science,
Stretching the Rules and Boundaries of the Democratic Game in Israel: The
Case of Shas
Meir Amor, University of Toronto,
Shas's Political Ascendance: Between Blind Faith Mentality and Messianic
Redemption
Ricki Tessler, Hebrew University,
Public Finance in Shas's Religious Revolution Service
1C MILITARY CULTURE IN ISRAELI CINEMA
Room 112
Chair: Judd Ne'eman, Tel Aviv University
Mihal Friedman, Tel Aviv University,
Thou Shall Not Kill )The Former Title of Lantzmann's Film Tsahal)
Judd Ne'eman, Tel Aviv University,
The Crying Wound
Yael Munk, Open University of Israel,
IDF's New Faces: "Drix" and its Relationship to the Israeli Identity Issue
1D THE NATION IN THE BODY
Room 201
Chairs: Meira Weiss, Hebrew University
Elly Teman, Hebrew University
Meira Weiss, Hebrew University,
The Body of the Nation: The Israeli 'Chosen Body' along the Life Cycle
Elly Teman, Hebrew University,
Reshaping National Bodies and Borders in the Global Era: The Case of
Israeli Surrogate Motherhood
Dana Weinberg, Hebrew University,
Women's Bodies and the State: The Gendered and Nationalistic Politics of
Gynecology
Tsipi Ivri, Hebrew University,
Expecting in Japan and in Israel: Reproductive Discourse and the State
Ruth Tsoffar, University of Michigan,
The Rupture of Innocence: Rape in Modern Hebrew Literature
11:15-11:45 Break
11:45-13:45 Session 2
2A TWO STATES OR ONE? BINATIONALISM VERSUS TERRITORIAL
Room 110 SEPARATION: THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL ASPECTS
Chair: Dan Rabinowitz, Hebrew University
David Newman, Ben-Gurion University,
The Territorial Dimension of the Israel/Palestine National Conflict
Dan Rabinowitz, Hebrew University,
Binational State in Israel/Palestine, the Oslo Process and Globalizing Trends
Nadim Rouhana, University of Massachusetts, Boston and Harvard University,
Binationalism in Israel and in Historic Palestine: Dilemmas of Reality and
Consciousness
Oren Yiftachel, Ben-Gurion University,
Managing Binationality: Borders and Boundaries in Israel/Palestine
Salim Tamari, Bir-Zeit University and the Jerusalem Research Institute,
The Allure of Binationalism
2B IMAGES OF MINORITIES IN THE ISRAELI NATIONAL MEDIA
Room 111
Chair: Eli Avraham, Sapir Academic College
Discussant: Yossi Dahan, Ramat Gan Law College and Open University of
Israel
Eli Avraham, Sapir Academic College,
Social-Political Environment, Journalism Practice and Coverage of
Minorities: The Case of the Marginal Cities in Israel
Anat First, Netanya Academic College,
The Transitional Nature of Representation: The Representation of Arabs in
Israeli TV News
Amit Kama, Tel Aviv University,
The Love that Dares Speak Its Name: Exclusion and Inclusion of Gay Men in
the Israeli Public Sphere
2C CREATIVITY AND HISTORY: APPROACHING THE HOLOCAUST
Room 112 AS A WRITER/POET - Round Table
Chair: Rachel Feldhay Brenner, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
The Holocaust and Its Fifty-Year-Old Commemoration: Have we Reached the
Limit?
Margalit Matitiahu
Michal Govrin
Eleonora Lev
2D HEGEMONY AND ITS DECONSTRUCTIONS:
Room 201 MILITARY MASCULINITIES IN ISRAEL
Chair: Orna Sasson-Levy, Hebrew University
Eyal Ben-Ari, Hebrew University,
Tests of Soldierhood, Trials of Manhood: Military Service and Male Ideals
in Israel
Edna Lomsky-Feder and Tamar Rapoport, Hebrew University,
Juggling Models of Masculinity: Russian-Jewish Immigrants in the Israeli Army
Gabriela Spector-Mersel, Hebrew University,
"Thou Shalt not Grow Old": Maintaining a Sabra-Military-Male Identity among
Retired Generals
Orna Sasson-Levy, Hebrew University,
Nonsubversive Deconstruction: Gender and National Identities of Soldiers in
Blue-Collar Job
2E BODY, MEDICALIZATION, AND NATION-BUILDING IN ISRAEL
Room 203
Chairs: Don Seeman, Hebrew University
Nissim Mizrahi, Hebrew University
Don Seeman, Hebrew University,
Spilled Blood and Social Identity: Ethiopian-Israelis and the Crisis of
Citizenship
Meira Weiss, Hebrew University,
Medicine and the Nation in Israel: A Post-Colonial Analysis
Merav Sde-Neker, Tel Aviv University,
Medicalization and Normalcy in Israeli Education
Gabriel Cavaglion, Hebrew University,
Freud in the Classroom: The Influence of Psychoanalysis on Sexual Education
in the Jewish Yishuv (Settlement)
Nissim Mizrachi, Hebrew University,
Medicalization, Ethnicity and Nation-Building in Israel: A Critical Overview
13:45-15:15 Lunch
Room 101 Graduate Student Organization Meeting
15:15-16:30 PLENARY SESSION - I
Efter Hall (Naftali Building)
Chair: Pnina Lahav, Boston University
Greetings by Shimon Yankielowicz, Vice-Rector of Tel Aviv University
Greetings by Hanna Herzog, President of AIS
The Ceremony of Granting of Ben Halpern Biennial Award in Israel Studies
for Best Doctorate Dissertation in the Study of the Yishuv, Zionism, and
the State of Israel
REFLECTIONS OF A WRITER: MEETING DAVID GROSSMAN
16:30-17:00 Break
17:00-19:00 Session 3
3A THE TRANSITION TO PALESTINIAN SOVEREIGNTY - Round
Table
Room 110
Chair: Naomi Weinberger, Columbia University
Participants:
Khalil Shikaki, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
Nizar Ammar, Palestinian Authority, Research and Planning
Yosi Alpher, The Political-Security Domain
Shlomo Gazit, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
Zeev Schiff, Ha'aretz Newspaper
Daniel Seidemann, Advocate
Naomi Weinberger, Columbia University
Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland
3B ROUND TABLE ON ISRAELI PUBLIC OPINION DATA RESOURCES
Room 111
Chair: Russell A. Stone, American University
Participants:
Asher Arian, University of Haifa
Dori Shadmon, Teleseker Survey Institute
Aharon Fein, Tazpit Survey Institute
Rachel Israeli, Machshov Survey Institute
Tamar Hermann, Tel Aviv University and Open University of Israel
Sami Smooha, University of Haifa
3C THE MIZRAHI EXPERIENCE: HISTORIOGRAPHY,
Room 112 POLITICS AND CULTURE
Chair: Moshe Behar, Columbia University
Zvi Aziz Ben-Dor, University of California-Los Angeles,
Mizrahim in Israel: History and Counter-History
Sami Shalom Chetrit, Hebrew University,
The New Mizrahi Political Discourse
Moshe Behar, Columbia University,
The Mizrahi Question: A Metahistorical Consideration
Ella Habiba Shohat, City University of New York,
Rupture and Return: Zionism and the Study of the Mizrahim
3D GENDER AND NATION I
Room 201
Chair: Yael Feldman, New York University
Orly Lubin, Tel Aviv University,
Building a City, Building a Nation: Ziona Rabau's Memories
Nurith Gertz, Open University of Israel,
Gender and Geography in the New Israeli Cinema
Yael S. Feldman, New York University,
The Akedah as a Site of Conflict between Gender and Nation
3E ROUND TABLE ON ISRAELI FOREIGN POLICY UNDER BARAK
Room 203
Chair: Angelika Timm, Free University of Berlin
Participants:
George Gruen, Columbia University,
Israeli-Turkish Relations
Eyal Zisser, Tel Aviv University,
Israeli-Syrian Relations
Maen Nsour, Ministry of Planning,
Israeli-Jordanian Relations
Barry Rubin, Bar Ilan University,
Israel and the New Middle East
Ofira Seliktar, Gratz College,
Israel and the American Jewish Community
Robert O. Freedman, Baltimore Hebrew University,
Israeli-Russian Relations
19:15 - 21:45 EVENING PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE FRIEDRICH EBERT
FOUNDATION
19:15 Chair: Hanna Herzog, Tel Aviv University
Efter Hall Greetings by Itamar Rabinovich, President of Tel Aviv University
Naftali Building Lecture by Yossi Beilin, Minister of Justice
20:15 Buffet Dinner
MONDAY - June 26
8:00-9:00 Registration, Refreshments, Book Exhibit, Business Meeting
Dan David Building
9:00-10:30 Session 4
4A THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IN HISTORICAL
Room 110 PERSPECTIVE I
Chair: Chaim Waxman, Rutgers University
Discussant: Gershon Shafir, University of California-San Diego
Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame,
Early Zionist Perceptions of Arabs in the Context of Traditional Attitudes
toward Non-Jews
Gershon Shafir, University of California-San Diego,
Consent Versus Consensus: The Formative Impact of the First Intifada
Ilan Pappe, University of Haifa,
The Construction of a Bridging Narrative in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Uri Ram, Ben-Gurion University,
The New Upper Class and its New Middle East
4B ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Room 111
Chair: Stuart Schoenfeld, York University
Alon Tal , Tel Aviv University,
The Evolution of Citizen Suits in Israel in Comparison with the
U.S. and Europe as a Tool for Promoting Environmental Protection
Noam Gressel, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies,
The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies: Hands-on Learning and
Interdisciplinary Academic Education for Environmental Problem Solving in
the Middle East
Stuart Schoenfeld and Yafit Rokach, York University, Arava Institute for
Environmental Studies, Creating a Shared Ecological Perspective in the
Middle East: A Study Of Alumni Of The Arava Institute for Environmental
Studies
4C FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS
Room 112
Chair and discussant: Eetta Prince-Gibson, Hebrew University
Orit Avishai Bentovim, University of California-Berkeley,
Walking the Thin Line between Feminism and Patriarchy: Mystification of
Motherhood in the Nachmani Decision
Leah Simmons Levin, York University,
Statehood and the Decline of the Israeli Women's Movement
Beverly Mizrachi, Ashkelon College,
Feminine Gender Construction, Ethnic Construction, and Social Mobility
among Moroccan Women in Israel
Tamar Zilber, Hebrew University,
A Feminist Analysis of a Feminist Institution
4D THE QUALITY OF ISRAEL'S DEMOCRACY I
Room 201
Chair: Ilan Peleg, Lafayette College
Myron Aronoff, Rutgers University,
Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Contested Israeli Nationhood
Alain Dieckhoff, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris,
The Search for Consensus: An Impediment for Israeli Democracy
Ami Pedahzur, University of Haifa,
Between a 'Self Defending' and an 'Immunized Democracy'
Nadav Shelef, University of California-Berkeley,
Appropriated Communalism: Theorizing the Religious-Secular Conflict
in Israel
4E THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF SCHOOLING IN ISRAEL:
Room 203 GENDER, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES
Chair: Andre Elias Mazawi, Tel Aviv University
Audrey Addi-Raccah, Tel Aviv University,
Double Disadvantage in Context: The Case of Minority Women in the Hebrew
Educational System in Israel
Alek D. Epstein and Nina G. Kheimets, Hebrew University and Open University
of Israel, Immigrant Teachers' Educational Initiatives in the Society of
the "Separatist Pluralism": The Case of "Russian" Elitist Schools in
Israel
Jamil Dakwar, Adalah: Legal Center for the Arab Minority Rights in Israel,
Arab Education Rights in Israel: Legal Challenges and Dilemmas
Hisham Abou Shehadeh, Attorney at Law,
Palestinian Juveniles in the Israeli Criminal Justice System: Between
Rehabilitation and Deterrence
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 PLENARY SESSION - II
Efter Hall
Naftali Building
Meet the Authors
Chair: Dan Rabinowitz, Hebrew University
Laurence Silberstein, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,
The Postzionism Debates: Knowledge and Power in Israeli Culture
Deborah Bernstein, Haifa University,
Constructing Boundaries, Jewish and Arab Workers in Mandatory Palestine
Ronen Shamir, Tel Aviv University,
The Colonies of Law: Colonialism, Zionism and Law in Early Mandate Palestine
Commentary: Ilan Pappe, University of Haifa
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Session 5
5A THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT IN HISTORICAL
Room 110 PERSPECTIVE II
Chair and discussant: Gershon Shafir, University of California-San Diego
Ranan D. Kuperman, Tel Aviv University,
The Dynamics of Israeli Aggression and Pacifism
Shlomi Reznik, Bar-Ilan University,
The End of Hegemony and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict after Camp-David
Daniel Lieberfeld, Bowdoin College,
Changing Threat Perceptions and the Oslo Accord
Mordechai Nisan, Hebrew University,
Political and Ideological Changes in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
5B "THE ISRAELI": REPRESENTATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE I
Room 111
Chair: Hannah Naveh, Tel Aviv University
Ruti Kadish, University of California-Berkeley,
>From Herzl to Dana International: Intersections and Discontinuities of
National and Sexual Identity in the Israeli Lesbian and Gay Community
Benjamin Hary, Emory University,
CoSIH: The Corpus of Spoken Israeli Hebrew
Rakefet Sela-Sheffy, Tel Aviv University,
What Makes one Israeli? Or, the Cliches which Organize our Lives
Ze`ev Posner, Tel Aviv University,
How Homes and Streets Learn to be Israeli
5C GENDER AND NATION II
Room 112
Chair: Nurith Gertz, Open University of Israel
Lauren Erdreich, Hebrew University,
Concretizing Marginalities in the Public Sphere: Palestinian Israeli Women
in the Hebrew University
Bat-Sheva Margalit Stern, IRWG, Stanford University,
The Rise of 'National Feminism': Empowerment or Hindrance for Women in
1930s' Mandatory Palestine
5D THE QUALITY OF ISRAEL'S DEMOCRACY II
Room 201
Chair: Tamar Hermann, Tel Aviv University and Open University of Israel
Vladimir Khanin , Tel Aviv University,
The Establishment of Modern 'Russian' Politics in Israel: Elites,
Institutions, and Cleavages in the New Immigrant Society
Ilana Kofman, Open University of Israel,
The Electoral System and the Political Disaffection of the
Palestinian Citizens
Jonathan Mendilow, Rider University,
The Elections of 1999 and the Future of Israeli Democracy
Hani Zubida, New York University,
The Meaning of the Left-Right Continuum in Israeli Politics
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Session 6
6A STUDYING ARAB WOMEN
Room 110
Chair: Khawla Abu Baker, Emek Yezreel College
Rhoda Kanaaneh, New York University,
Working the Field: Gender, Sexuality and Nation in Representing the Galilee
Khawla Abu Baker, Emek Yezreel College,
Restrictions on Arab Women's Discourse in Research
Suheir Abu Oksa Daoud, Hebrew University,
Palestinian Women in Politics in Israel
Ilham Nasser, Marymount University, Virginia,
Studying the Family among Palestinians in Israel
6B "THE ISRAELI": REPRESENTATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE II
Room 111
Chair: Rakefet Sela-Sheffy, Tel Aviv University
Discussant: Tamar Katriel, University of Haifa
Sonja Laden, Tel Aviv University,
Domesticity and (Re)Presentations of Self and Reality in La'isha, an
Israeli Women's Weekly
Gissi Sarig, Kibbutzim College of Education,
Time in the Consciousness of Israeli College Students
Sarah S. Willen, Emory University,
When the Diaspora Goes on Tour: Language Ideology and Social Identity in
Israel Ulpanim
6C JEWS FROM MUSLEM COUNTRIES -
Room 112 VARYING PATTERNS OF ORGANIZATION
Chair: Nitza Druyan, Hofstra University and The Long Island Center
for Jewish Studies
Ruth Kark and Michal Ben Ya'akov, Hebrew University,
Sephardic and Oriental Jews in Urban Neighborhoods in Palestine at the End
of the Ottoman Period: The Case of Jerusalem
Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman, Open University of Israel,
The Yemenite 'List' of Rishon-Le-Tzion and the Beginning of Yemenite
Political Organization during the Mandate Period
Michal Ben Ya'akov, Hebrew University,
North African Jews in Late Ottoman Palestine: A Comparative Approach
Malka Katz, Lifshitz Teachers' College in Jerusalem,
Sephardim and Oriental Jews in Ha'Mizrachi Party in Eretz Yisrael, 1918-1924
Nitza Druyan, Hofstra University and The Long Island Center for Jewish
Studies, Yemenites and their Quest for Inclusion in the Israeli
Socio-Cultural Arena
6D SPORTS AND IDENTITIES IN ISRAEL
Room 201
Chair: Tamir Sorek, Hebrew University
Amir Ben-Porat and Guy Ben-Porat, Ben-Gurion University, Johns Hopkins
University, Going Global - The Story of Israeli Football
Tamir Sorek, Hebrew University,
Arab Soccer Fans in Israel: A Case of "Surrogate Nationalism"
Haim Kaufman, The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences,
Wingate Institute, Sports, Politics and Ideology in Palestine during the
British Mandate
Rachel Ostrowitz, Editor of Noga - the Israeli Feminist Magazine,
Chairperson of Lachen Ramat-Hasharon (basketball team),
Move over Sportswoman, You are Disturbing my Manhood
6E UNSETTLED FUTURES: SETTLEMENTS, SETTLERS,
Room 203 AND THE PEACE PROCESS
Chair: Eetta Prince-Gibson, Hebrew University
Amia Lieblich, Hebrew University,
"Gilgulo Shel Makom": The Residents of Kibbutz Gilgal Respond to the Peace
Process and Uncertainty
Noga Gilad, Tel Aviv University,
They Managed to Drive us Out of There: Reaffirming Commitment After Oslo
Eetta Prince-Gibson, Hebrew University,
"My Son Will Die for Eretz Yisrael": Women Settlers React to the Threat of
Impending Redeployment and Evacuation
18:00-19:30 Light Dinner - on Campus
19:30-21:30 EVENING PROGRAM: MEMORY
Efter Hall
Naftali Building Chair: Yehouda Shenhav, Tel Aviv University
Film "Martin", director Ra'anan Alexandrovich
Commentary and discussion by Yael Zerubavel, Rutgers University
TUESDAY - June 27
8:00-9:00 Registration, Refreshments
Dan David Building
9:00-10:30 Session 7
7A ISSUES IN THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF PALESTINE/ISRAEL I
Room 110
Chair and discussant: Nachum Gross, Hebrew University
Andrei Fedorchenko, The Russian Academy of Sciences,
The Origins and Nature of the Israeli Mixed Economy Model
Yitzhak Greenberg, Beit Berl College, Department of History, Ministry of
Defense, The Political Economy of the Military Budget, 1967-1973
Alexandra Kalev, Princeton University,
State-Labor-Capital and Managers: The Institutionalization of Productivity
Councils in Palestine/Israel, 1945-1955
7B SHIFTING POSITIONS: GENDER, NATIONALITY
Room 111 AND ETHNICITY IN ISRAELI LITERATURE
Chair and discussant: Orly Lubin, Tel Aviv University
Tamar Mishmar, Tel Aviv University,
Why Should Blondes Write: Rachel Eyıtan's Access to the Israeli Literary
Scene
Dolly Benhabib, Tel Aviv University,
"I Will Remember You as" - Sami Michael's Vision of Mizrachi Mobility
Roni Halpern, Tel Aviv University,
"Drinking the Saliva you Spat into the Water Well of your Childhood with a
Straw" - Mixed Identity according to Dorit Rabinian
7C ISRAEL AS A MULTICULTURAL STATE:
Room 112 LOCAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Chair: Menachem Mautner, Tel Aviv University
Amalia Sa'ar, Tel Aviv University,
Ethnicized Civil Society: The Case of Jewish and Palestinian Grass-Roots
Activism in Jaffa
Daniel Andrew Weiss, American University,
The Paradox of Globalization and Regional Disintegration in the
Middle East: A Cultural Analysis
Leon Sheleff, Tel Aviv University,
From Cultural Pluralism to Political Confederation
Gad Barzilai, Tel Aviv University,
Multiculturalism and Religious Fundamentalism Revised: Ultra-Orthodoxy,
Democracy, and Liberalism
7D ISRAELI CULTURE AT THE CROSSROADS, PAST AND PRESENT
Room 201
Chair: Sasha Weitman, Tel Aviv University
Alec Mishory, Open University of Israel,
A Jewish-Hebrew-Israeli 'Pantheon': Boris Schatz's Legacy as
Manifested in Israel's Official Bank-notes
Yael Zerubavel, Rutgers University,
'Death on the Altar': Transforming Representations of Patriotic
Sacrifice in Israeli Culture
Mordechai Bar-On, Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi,
Reflecting the War of Independence in Israeli Contemporary Art
Ely Ben-Gal, Valley of Jordan College,
The Jewish Society in Israel between Normalization and Specificity
7E ISRAELI THEATER: BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY
Room 203
Chair: Shimon Levy, Tel Aviv University
Gad Kaynar, Tel Aviv University,
Generating Contesting Identity Images: Dramaturgical Trends in Contemporary
Israeli Theatre
Nurit Yaari, Tel Aviv University,
Nissim Aloni and Hanoh Levin: Two Delicate Balances
Haim Nagid, Tel Aviv University,
Faction-Israeli Documentary Theatre between Fact and Fiction
Shimon Levy, Tel Aviv University,
The Israeli Radio-Play: Towards a Socio-Thematic Analysis
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 PLENARY SESSION - III
Efter Hall
Naftali Building
Post-Zionist Identity
Chair: Aziza Khazzoom, Tel Aviv University
Baruch Kimmerling, Hebrew University
Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Tel Aviv University
Joel Migdal, University of Washington, Seattle
Discussant: Laurence Silberstein, Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
12:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Session 8
8A ISSUES IN THE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF PALESTINE/ISRAEL II
Room 110
Chair: Nachum Gross, Hebrew University
Nahum Karlinsky, Ben-Gurion University,
Implementing the Californian Model in the Jewish Citrus Industry of Mandatory
Palestine, 1918-1939
Yossi Katz, Bar Ilan University,
Property of Holocaust Victims in Israel
8B MIZRAHIM IN ISRAEL: (RE-)POSING THE PROBLEM? I
Room 111
Chair: Gal Levy, London School of Economics and Political Science
Aziza Khazzoom, Tel Aviv University,
Immigration, Ethnicization, and the Goals and Strategies of Women:
Conversations with Iraq's Jewish Elite
Michelle Campos, Stanford University,
Ottomanism, Zionism and the Young Turk Revolt of 1908 in Palestine: A View
from the Local Sephardi and Maghrebi Community
Michael Shalev, Hebrew University,
The Mizrahi Vote: Ethnicity, Culture and Class
Ran Levy, University of Essex,
Mizrahim: Questioning Ethnicity and Ethics
8C DE-MYTHOLOGIZING ISRAELI SOCIETY
Room 112
Chair: Judith Shuval, Hebrew University
Judith T. Shuval, Hebrew University,
Migration to Israel: The Mythology of Uniqueness
Bernard Horn, Framingham State College,
Is there One Jewish People?: Morality and Form in A. B. Yehoshua's A
Journey to the End of the Millennium
Joyce Dalsheim, The New School for Social Research, New York,
Uncertain Past, Uncertain Selves? Israeli History and National Identity in
Question
Rivka Maoz, Hebrew University,
Construction and Deconstruction of the Mythological Sabra in Israeli
Literature
8D JEWISH NATIONAL REVIVAL BETWEEN WEST AND
EAST
Room 201
Chair: Yael Zarubavel, Rutgers University
Yaron Peleg, Brandeis University,
Neither East nor West? A. L. Arielli's Critique of the Hebrew Revival in
Alla Karim!
Eran Kaplan, Brandeis University,
Between East and West: Zionist Revisionism as a Mediterranean Ideology
Nina Spiegel, Stanford University,
A Window into Cultural Contestation: The National Dance Competition in
Eretz Israel, 1937
Gilead Morahg, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
>From East to West: Sustaining the Jewish National Revival in A. B.
Yehoshua's Journey to the End of the Millennium
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00 Session 9
9A STATUS OF ARAB CITIZENS IN ISRAELI
Room 110 AND PALESTINIAN POLITICAL MAPS
Chair: Marwan Dwairy, Psychological Services Center - Nazareth
Marwan Dwairy, Psychological Services Center - Nazareth,
Palestinian Israeli-Citizens in the Palestinian National Map
Said Zeedani, Al-Quds University, E. Jerusalem,
Palestinians in Israel: Integration, Autonomy or Secession?
Issam Makhul, Kneset Member, Hadash,
The Status of the Arab Population in Israel in Israeli Democracy
9B MIZRAHIM IN ISRAEL: (RE-)POSING THE PROBLEM? II
Room 111
Chair: Gal Levy, London School of Economics and Political Science
F. Michael Perko, Loyola University,
'Regimentation Everywhere': Mizrahim, Education, and Cultural Dissonance in
the Israel Defense Forces, 1946-1975
Daphne Tsimhoni, Technion,
Memory and the Formation of Group Identity: Jewish Reflections of
Jewish-Arab Relations in Arab Lands
Dvora Yanow, California State University, Hayward,
"Edah"-"Ethnicity" Construction in the Census, the State, "Science," and
the Production of Difference
9C POPULATION, FAMILY AND FAMILY PLANNING
Room 112
Chair: Larissa I. Remennick, Bar Ilan University
Ilana Brosch, Kibbutzim College of Education,
Child Quantity Versus 'Quality': A General Dilemma in Israeli Terms
Barbara Okun, Hebrew University,
Recent Marriage Patterns among Jewish Israelis
Larissa Remennick and Amir Hetsroni, Bar Ilan University and Hebrew
University, Demographic and Social Correlates of Public Attitudes toward
Elective Abortion in Israel
9D ALTERNATIVE VIEWS OF JEWISH SOCIETY AND IDENTITY
Room 201
Chair: David Glants, Bar-Ilan University
Rebekah Sobel, Temple University, Philadelphia,
Imagineering Israel: (Re) Constructing History and Tourism through Travel
Photographs
Zvi Bekerman and Marc Silverman, Hebrew University,
Liberal Jews' Discourse on Jewish Continuity: A Social Constructivist
Critique
Sharon Erez and Ephraim Tabory, Bar-Ilan University,
Circumscribed Circumcision: The Identity of Israeli Parents Who Do Not
Circumcise their Male Children
Aviva Zeltzer-Zubida, The City University of New York,
Jewish Identity among Second Generation Russian-Jews in New York
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