The cloak, the cage and the fog of sanctity: the Zionist mission and the role of religion among Arab Jews

The author examines the Zionist national mission to mobilize Jewish ethnic communities in Arab countries, in the period preceding the establishment of the state of Israel. It draws on archival texts to trace a phenomenon known in Jewish historiography as 'Shadarut': a voluntary religious p...

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Main Author: Shenhav, Yehouda (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Blackwell 2003
In: Nations and nationalism
Year: 2003, Volume: 9, Issue: 4, Pages: 511-531
Further subjects:B Political culture
B Jews
B Arab countries
B Religion
B Zionism
B Arabische Länder Religion Political culture Zionism Jews Nationale Identität
B National consciousness