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100075
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2010.
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This article explores the phenomenon of military naming, that is, the act of giving a name to military practices such as military operations, weaponry, and military units. The basic theoretical supposition is that military naming is a simple and useful mechanism that might be employed to blur undesired aspects-such as the human and economical costs-associated with the respective practices. Inspired by John B. Thompson's ''strategies of operation of ideology,'' the research uses the construct of strategies of annihilative naming to analyze a corpus of 239 Israeli names of military operations and weaponry. By using names coming from nature and the Bible, the Israeli military uses three strategies-naturalization, euphemization, and legitimation-that mediate Israeli public opinion toward controversial military operations as well as weaponry development. Future research of other military names will support the construction of generalizations about this important phenomenon.
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078548
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2007.
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The song "Jerusalem of Gold", one of contemporary Israel's inalienable culture's assets, represents a unique cultural phenomenon: Four decades have passed since it was written by Naomi Shemer-a leading producer of modern Israel's popular music-yet its status remains that of a national symbol or unofficial national anthem. This status is reflected in the fact that, among other things, it is frequently heard during public ceremonies relating to Israel locally and internationally. Even though "Jerusalem of Gold" represents an exceptional phenomenon in Israel's cultural space, it has generated marginal academic interest. In an attempt to understand the special status of the song, this article has explored events during the first significant phase in its social construction period, just before and immediately after the Six Day War. This study exposed the way in which the song's initial spontaneous success benefited from two growing forces: The song fitted wonderfully into the "IDF's heroism festival" and at the same time it suited the "spiritual-religious festival", both products of Israel's stirring victory in the Six Day War. This article sheds light on a song as a fascinating juncture of politics, national symbols, and popular culture. Following Regev and Seroussi who argue that popular music is the cultural form that most strongly signifies Israeliness [Israelliut], the article uses the multidimensional cultural construction of the song "Jerusalem of Gold" as a microcosm of Israeli society for the purpose of studying post-1967 "Israeliness
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