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Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews

Volume XXII

By: Peter Y. Medding

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Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews

Volume XXII

By: Peter Y. Medding

Volume XXII of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores the major and rapid changes experienced by a population known variously as "Sephardim," "Oriental" Jews and "Mizrahim" over the last fifty years. Although Sephardim are popularly believed to have originated in Spain or Portugal, the majority of Mizrahi Jews today are actually the descendants of Jews from Muslim and Arab countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. They constitute a growing proportion of Israeli Jewry and continue to revitalize Jewish culture in places as varied as France, Latin America, and the United States. Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews offers a collection of new scholarship on the issues of self-definition and identity facing Sephardic Jewry. The essays draw on a variety of disciplines--demography, history, political science, sociology, religious and gender studies, anthropology, and literature. Contributors explore the issues surrounding the emergence and increasingly wide usage of "Mizrahi" in place of "Sephardic," as well as the invigoration of Sephardic Judaism. They look at the evolution of Sephardic politics in Israel through the dramatic rise and continuing influence of the Shas political party and its spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Other contributors examine the variegated nature of Mizrahi immigration to Israel, fictional portraits of female Mizrahi immigrants to Israel in the 1940s and 1950s, contemporary Mizrahi Israel feminism, modern Arab historiography's portrayal of Jews of Muslim lands, and the changing Sephardic halakhic tradition.

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Oxford University Press

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0190450878

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Mapai in Israel: Political Organisation and Government in a New Society

By: Peter Y. Medding

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Mapai in Israel: Political Organisation and Government in a New Society

By: Peter Y. Medding

This work explains how Mapai governed Israel from 1948 to 1969 when it became a partner to the Israeli Labour Party.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521144515

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9780521144513

The Founding of Israeli Democracy, 1948-1967

By: Peter Y. Medding

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The Founding of Israeli Democracy, 1948-1967

By: Peter Y. Medding

Israel is the only new state among the twenty-one countries in the world today that have maintained democracy without interruption since the end of the Second World War. Israel's case is all the more notable because its democracy was established under extremely adverse conditions: massive immigration; severe social dislocation; the introduction of ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious, and national differences; rapid economic growth; a permanent security threat that led to five major wars in thirty-five years; and a population that, in the main, had little or no experience of a democratic order. In this insightful study of Israel's founding period from 1948 to 1967, Peter Medding addresses this puzzle, providing a lucid account of the political and historical conditions that gave rise to this distinctive period, as well as the changes which brought it to an end. The result is an eminently readable account of the state-building process and of the role played by David Ben-Gurion and other politicians in moving from consensus politics to a majoritarian-like democracy. Medding's analysis is further enriched by his comparisons of the development of Israeli democracy with that of other countries.

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Oxford University Press

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019536354X

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The Promise of His Appearing

An Exposition of Second Peter

By: Peter J. Leithart

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The Promise of His Appearing

An Exposition of Second Peter

By: Peter J. Leithart

The book of Second Peter has long troubled biblical scholars and interpreters, who have disputed both its authorship and its claims about the imminent return of Christ. In this study, Peter Leithart offers a preterist reading of the epistle, arguing that it describe first-century events rather than the end of history. At the same time, he maintains orthodoxy, avoiding hyper-preterism and affirming both the real future return of Christ and the epistle's authenticity. Leithart's accessible style and powerful arguments make this book a valuable addition to the discussion surrounding the Bible's apocalyptic prophecies.

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Canon Press & Book Service

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1591280265

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9781591280262

Book's by Peter Y. Medding

Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews

Sephardic Jewry and Mizrahi Jews

Mapai in Israel: Political Organisation and Government in a New Society

Mapai in Israel: Political Organisation and Government in a New Society

The Founding of Israeli Democracy, 1948-1967

The Founding of Israeli Democracy, 1948-1967

The Promise of His Appearing

The Promise of His Appearing

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