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Jerusalem transformed : politics, culture, and hidden corners
Title
Jerusalem transformed : politics, culture, and hidden corners / edited by Richard I. Cohen.
ISBN
9780197783214
019778321X
Publication
New York, NY : Published for the Institute by Oxford University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes
At head of title: The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Summary
"The symposium that kicks off the latest volume of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' focuses on the city that is at the very center of contemporary Jewish life, both geographically and culturally. Jerusalem is an extremely engaging and beautiful city as well as a source of continual controversy and contestation. The authors discuss a wide range of topics, with a focus on politics and culture, offering readers provocative views on the city over the last 120 years. Essays by historians and cultural scholars in the volume engage with such issues as visions of the city among Jews and non-Jews and musical and literary imaginings of the city, while other scholars bring original interpretations of the city's political evolution in the past century that will both surprise and intrigue readers. The extensive book review section illustrates the consistent interest in modern Jewish history and culture." -- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 18, 2024
Series
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 34
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Symposium.
The transformation of "next year in Jerusalem" in the postwar American haggadah / Jonathan D. Sarna
Poetry in the city with no horizon : reading Jerusalem with Leah Goldberg, Zelda Mishkovsky, and Yehuda Amichai / Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi
On discontents with Jerusalem's sanctity / Benjamin Z. Kedar
The new "new Jerusalem" as gateway to the East : British visions for the Hebrew University / Arie M. Dubnov, / Noah Hysler Rubin
The wandering Hebrew University, 1914-1967 / Assaf Selzer
Jerusalem, 1968 : meaningful disharmonies / Assaf Shelleg
The religio-cCultural soundtrack of an urban era : the Creation and shaping of the Ashkenazic cantorial scene in Jerusalem, 1900-1958 / Reuven Gafni
Jordanian Jerusalem and Its mayor, Rouhi al-Khatib / Menachem Klein
The Palestinians in Jerusalem, 1967-2022 : modes of resistance, modes of accommodation / Hillel Cohen
Partial contents
Book Reviews (arranged by subject).
Antisemitism, Holocaust, and Genocide
Cultural Studies, Literature, and Religion
History, Biography and social science
Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East.
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