| ID | 169978 |
| Title Proper | Pan-Jewish Solidarity and the Jewish Significance of Modern Israel |
| Other Title Information | the 1958 “Who Is a Jew?” Affair Revisited |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shiff, Ofer ; Barak-Gorodetsky, David |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The focus of this article is the 1958 “Who is a Jew?” controversy and David Ben-Gurion’s inquiry into Jewishness leading intellectuals from Israel and the Diaspora regarding how to register a child born to a non-Jewish mother in the Israeli identity card. The article’s main claim is that this correspondence must be understood not only as reflecting a continuous struggle between diaspora and Israeli Jews or between Jews of various religious persuasions, but rather as reflecting a built-in tension between pan-Jewish solidarity and Israeli Jewish sovereignty. This built-in tension seems to prevail today as well, and thus our analysis of the 1958 event may enable a more complex understanding of the continuous and seemingly unresolved tensions within today’s Jewish world. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary Review of the Middle East Vol. 6, No.3-4; Sep-Dec 2019: p.266-279 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary Review of the Middle East Vol: 6 No 3-4 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Religion and State ; David Ben-Gurion ; Who Is A Jew ; Diaspora Nationalism ; Diaspora-Homeland Relations |