Tangled roots : the emergence of Israeli culture /
Barṭal, Yiśraʼel,
Tangled roots : the emergence of Israeli culture / Israel Bartal. - 1 online resource (viii, 116 pages) - Brown Judaic studies ; number 365 . - Brown Judaic studies ; no. 365. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A Culture in the making -- Pre-Zionist Multiculturalism : Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Other Jews in Ottoman Jerusalem -- The New Zionist Road Map : From Old Gravesites to New Settlements -- Imperial Identities : Nationalism, Politics, and Culture -- Upstairs, Downstairs : Yiddish and Ivrit in Tel Aviv -- Revolution and Nostalgia : The Changing Images of the Shtetl -- Lubavitch, Berlin, and Kinneret : From the "Science of Judaism" to the "Science of Zionism" -- From St. Petersburg to Zion : The Discovery of Jewish National Music -- Conclusion.
"In this new book Israel Bartal traces the history of modern Hebrew culture prior to the emergence of political Zionism. Bartal examines how traditional and modernist ideals and Western and non-European cultures merged in an unprecedented encounter between an ancient land (Israel) and a multigenerational people (the Jews). As this new Hebrew culture was taking shape, the memory of the recent European past played a highly influential role in shaping the image of the New Hebrew, that mythological hero who was meant to supplant the East European exilic Jew"--
1951498747 (electronic book) 9781951498740 (electronic bk.) (paperback) (hardcover)
22573/ctvwvfk34 JSTOR
2019059354
Jews--Civilization.
Juifs--Civilisation.
Civilization.
Jews--Civilization.
Israel--Civilization.
Palestine--Civilization.
Israël--Civilisation.
Israel.
Middle East--Palestine.
Electronic books.
DS112 / .B3158 2020
956.94
Tangled roots : the emergence of Israeli culture / Israel Bartal. - 1 online resource (viii, 116 pages) - Brown Judaic studies ; number 365 . - Brown Judaic studies ; no. 365. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: A Culture in the making -- Pre-Zionist Multiculturalism : Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Other Jews in Ottoman Jerusalem -- The New Zionist Road Map : From Old Gravesites to New Settlements -- Imperial Identities : Nationalism, Politics, and Culture -- Upstairs, Downstairs : Yiddish and Ivrit in Tel Aviv -- Revolution and Nostalgia : The Changing Images of the Shtetl -- Lubavitch, Berlin, and Kinneret : From the "Science of Judaism" to the "Science of Zionism" -- From St. Petersburg to Zion : The Discovery of Jewish National Music -- Conclusion.
"In this new book Israel Bartal traces the history of modern Hebrew culture prior to the emergence of political Zionism. Bartal examines how traditional and modernist ideals and Western and non-European cultures merged in an unprecedented encounter between an ancient land (Israel) and a multigenerational people (the Jews). As this new Hebrew culture was taking shape, the memory of the recent European past played a highly influential role in shaping the image of the New Hebrew, that mythological hero who was meant to supplant the East European exilic Jew"--
1951498747 (electronic book) 9781951498740 (electronic bk.) (paperback) (hardcover)
22573/ctvwvfk34 JSTOR
2019059354
Jews--Civilization.
Juifs--Civilisation.
Civilization.
Jews--Civilization.
Israel--Civilization.
Palestine--Civilization.
Israël--Civilisation.
Israel.
Middle East--Palestine.
Electronic books.
DS112 / .B3158 2020
956.94