DOCSLIB.ORG

The Other Sides of the Story: an Education for Action Curriculum for a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine Appendixes

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Other Sides of the Story: an Education for Action Curriculum for a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine Appendixes The Other Sides of the Story: An Education for Action Curriculum for a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine Appendixes - 1 AAPPPPEENNDDIIXX AA Maps for Introductory exercises (Looking at Maps exercise): Map 1: Palestinian Bureau of Statistics available at: www.palestinefacts.org/ pf_1991to_now_incitement.php Map 2: UN Department of Public Information Cartographic Section available at: http://domino.un.org/maps/m3243r4.gif Map 3: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs available at: http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0hbb0 or http://www.carta.co.il/index5.html American Friends Services Committee compiled a very useful and concise fact sheet that can be downloaded at: http://www.afsc.org/middleeast/peace/factsheet.pdf and handed out during introductory exercises. 2 3 4 5 AAPPENDIX BB The PBS timeline for the building a timeline exercise is available at: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/promises-timeline.pdf Other timeline resources to include as part of handout packet: Download AFSC’s timeline and factsheet as a PDF file at: http://www.afsc.org/middleeast/peace/factsheet.pdf If you don’t have PDF you can print the timeline at: http://www.afsc.org/middleeast/peace/timeline.htm The Guardian Middle East Timeline is available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/comment/0,10551,626719,00.html Maps: BCPR maps: http://www.bcpr.org/exhibit/mapshtml.html Maps: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/harpersmap.pdf (4 maps of area from 1946-2000 from a 2001 Harpers Magazine article by Seth Ackerman) Maps: http://ccmep.org/delegations/maps/palestine.html#2 (4 maps of area from 1946- 1999) Maps for the building a timeline exercise: 1. The First Jewish Colony in Palestine 1878. Source: http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/first_zionist_colony.htm 2. Major Arab Towns and Jewish Settlements in Palestine 1881-1914. Source: http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/Jewishsettlement-1914.htm 3. Turkish Territorial Divisions 1914. Source: http://www.mideastweb.org/turkpal.htm 4. Areas of Palestine under the Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916. Source: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gov46/pal-sykes-picot.gif 5. Palestine under the British Mandate 1923-1948 Source: http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/1923-1948-british-mandate.html 6. Palestine 1946: Distribution of population by district showing percentages of Jews and Palestinians http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Maps/Story574.html 7. Jewish owned land in Palestine 1947 Source: http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Maps/Story571.html 8. United Nation Partition Plan 1947 Source: http://www.palestinemonitor.org/maps/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_1947.htm 9. Land Ownership in Palestine and the UN Partition Plan 1947, Palestinian Villages Depopulated in 1948 and 1967, and Razed by Israel. 6 Source: http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/Landownership.html 10. Greater Israel after 1967. Source: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/maps/19481967/1967greater_israel_after_june.gif 11. Oslo II 1995. Source: http://www.passia.org/palestine_facts/MAPS/Oslo-2.html 12. Final Status Palestine 2000 (Barak Proposal) Source: http://www.bcpr.org/break.html 13. The West Bank after Oslo: Control and Separation ( June 2002) Jan de Jong Source: http://www.robertappleby.com/hebron/control.pdf 14. The Separation Wall 2003 Source: http://www.gush-shalom.org/thewall/images/map_big_eng.gif Thirteen dates for building a timeline exercise to be written on butcher paper: 1878, 1881, 1914, 1916, 1923, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1967, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 AAPPENDIX CC Maps for Occupation brainstorm and history exercises: BCPR maps: http://www.bcpr.org/exhibit/mapshtml.html Maps: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/promises/harpersmap.pdf (4 maps of area from 1946-2000 from a 2001 Harpers Magazine article by Seth Ackerman) Maps: http://ccmep.org/delegations/maps/palestine.html#2 (4 maps of area from 1946-1999) Note that the title of this map poster is less neutral than the one above. Key UN Resolutions on Palestine - Israel is in defiance of 69 UN Security Council resolutions. A brief explanation of some important resolutions. http://www.endtheoccupation.org/downloads/fact_sheet_2.pdf 22 AAPPENDIX DD Occupation Lexicon for Human Impact of Occupation exercises: THE OCCUPATION LEXICON Oc·cu·pa·tion (ä-ky&-’pA-sh&n) a. Invasion, conquest, and control of a nation or territory by foreign armed forces b. the military force occupying a country or the policies carried out by it Absentee Property and Land Acquisition Law This Israeli law, adopted in March 1950, classifies people who were either a) residents of a neighboring Arab state or b) Palestinian citizens on 29 Nov. 1947 who left their home (even to take refuge within Palestine) as ‘absentees.’ This law allowed Israel to acquire the land and property of thousands of supposedly ‘absentee’ Palestinians. Similarly, the Land Acquisition Law of 1953 allowed the Israeli government to confiscate Palestinian land for military purposes or for Israeli settlements . Today the law states that land not in use for three continuous years is subject to Israeli confiscation. (Source: Shaml and Passia) • The amount of land expropriated through this law is estimated at 1,255,174 dunums (1 dunum = ¼ acre). • Since June 1967 the Israeli government has expropriated at least 5,839,000 dunums (73% of the West Bank & Gaza territory): 5,473,000 in the West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem) and 366,000 dunums in the Gaza Strip. • Today, on average 8,630 dunums of land are confiscated every month for the purpose of building settlements. Administrative Detention Imprisonment by Israel of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza without charge or trial for a period of up to six months, renewable; based on the ‘Law on Emergency Powers (Detention)’ adopted by the Israeli parliament in 1979. From September 2000 to February 2002, 1,000 Palestinians from inside the Green Line have been detained, and 1,850 (including more than 600 children) from Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip. (Source: Passia) Areas A, B, and C The 1995 Oslo II peace agreement divided the Palestinian territories, excluding East Jerusalem, into three zones. Area A, comprising disconnected districts, includes about 17 percent of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and is under the full security and civil control of the Palestinian Authority. Area B, 23 percent, is under Israeli security control, while the Palestinian Authority is responsible for some social and civil services. Area C, approximately 59 percent, is under full Israeli occupation. The division of these three areas was theoretically a first step in Israel’s full withdrawal from the West Bank (as required under UN Resolutions 242 and 338), but this withdrawal never took place. (Source: Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine) 23 Building Permits Palestinians must acquire these permits to obtain the right to build a home on Palestinian land. The cost of a building permit in East Jerusalem can amount to $20,000 and take up to five years to be approved. Permits in the West Bank are currently being issued at one-tenth the rate of population growth. Without a building permit a Palestinian can have their home demolished. Homes of Palestinians with permits have also been demolished to make way for the construction of new Israeli structures. (Source: Palestine Monitor) Bypass road between Gilo settlement and Bethlehem. Photo courtesy of Beverly Anderson. Bypass Roads Paved highways and roads built by Israel on confiscated Palestinian lands within the West Bank and Gaza to link Israeli settlements to Israel and other settlements. Israel controls these roads, which are buffered on each side by a 150-225 foot buffer zone in which no construction is allowed. Bypass roads also extend Israel’s de facto borders beyond the 1949 Green Line and around the entire Jerusalem area. Since 1967, Israel has built over 220 miles of highways and by- pass roads in the West Bank. Because Palestinians may not travel on these roads, they create barriers to Palestinian mobility, dividing communities and making it impossible for some farmers to reach their fields. (Source: Miftah and B’Tselem) Checkpoint A barrier or a small military station built by the Israeli Defense Forces or Border Police to limit the movement of Palestinians who lack necessary permits. Checkpoints are generally manned by a dozen Israeli soldiers, who search people’s belongings and check the license plates and IDs of pedestrians and drivers. Normally, Israeli citizens and foreigners can move through checkpoints without being stopped. Palestinians, including those with permits, experience extreme delays and are frequently humiliated at these 24 barriers. Palestinian farm produce, especially from Gaza, has spoiled at checkpoints due to delays of up to several days. (Source: Miftah and Palestine Monitor) Checkpoint Facts: • There are currently 120 Israeli checkpoints scattered throughout the Occupied Territories. These, along with Israeli roadblocks, have divided the West Bank into 300 separate clusters and the Gaza Strip into 3 separate clusters. • The health impact: Between 28 September 2000 and 21 November 2002, 73 deaths have been reported at checkpoints, mostly patients and pregnant women in labor who were denied passage and therefore unable to reach hospitals. During this time, 557 ambulances were also denied access to roads leading to hospitals. • The economic impact: Over 150,000 Palestinian workers have been unable to reach their jobs in the Occupied Territories due to Israeli closures since September 2000. A further 125,000 Palestinians are now unemployed because Israeli closures have blocked them from their jobs in Israel proper. Palestinian produce, especially from Gaza, often spoils at checkpoints due to delays of several days. (Source: International Checkpoint Watch) Gaza workers lined up at Erez Checkpoint between Gaza and Israel. Photo courtesy of David Guttenfelder/AP 2001. Closure, Siege, Blockade Terms used to describe official Israeli efforts to control the movement of Palestinians.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Phyllis Bennis
    Phyllis Bennis: Resolving Iraq and Syria through Diplomacy, Not War a videoconference forum Monday, May 18, 2015 6:30-8:30 PM This event is free and open to the public; donations will be accepted. Multnomah Friends Meeting House 4312 SE Stark On-street parking is limited; Meeting House is 4-5 blocks from bus lines #15 (Belmont @ 42nd), #20 (Burnside @ 44th) or #75 (Cesar Chavez/39th @ Stark). Or watch it live on ustream.tv/channel/occucakes (remove ads using Firefox and AdBlockPlus) Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies will conduct a video forum in Portland including a question and answer period Appearing via the internet from the east coast, the renowned analyst will focus on the US War on ISIS (/Islamic State), the debate over the Authorization for Use of Military Force, and the effects on the people of Iraq and Syria of the US-led war-- in which Iran is playing a key role. Bennis has been an advocate for diplomatic solutions in light of the ongoing state of war the US has been in at least since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Bennis will also give brief updates on Israel/Palestine and what's going on in Yemen. Coordinated by: Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group, funded in part by the Jan Bone Memorial Fund for public forums. cosponsored by Occupy Portland Elder Caucus, Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights (AUPHR), Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Jewish Voice for Peace-Portland, American Friends Service Committee, Veterans for Peace Chapter 72, Pacific Green Party, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-Portland, and others.
    [Show full text]
  • ARTICLES Israel's Migration Balance
    ARTICLES Israel’s Migration Balance Demography, Politics, and Ideology Ian S. Lustick Abstract: As a state founded on Jewish immigration and the absorp- tion of immigration, what are the ideological and political implications for Israel of a zero or negative migration balance? By closely examining data on immigration and emigration, trends with regard to the migration balance are established. This article pays particular attention to the ways in which Israelis from different political perspectives have portrayed the question of the migration balance and to the relationship between a declining migration balance and the re-emergence of the “demographic problem” as a political, cultural, and psychological reality of enormous resonance for Jewish Israelis. Conclusions are drawn about the relation- ship between Israel’s anxious re-engagement with the demographic problem and its responses to Iran’s nuclear program, the unintended con- sequences of encouraging programs of “flexible aliyah,” and the intense debate over the conversion of non-Jewish non-Arab Israelis. KEYWORDS: aliyah, demographic problem, emigration, immigration, Israel, migration balance, yeridah, Zionism Changing Approaches to Aliyah and Yeridah Aliyah, the migration of Jews to Israel from their previous homes in the diaspora, was the central plank and raison d’être of classical Zionism. Every stream of Zionist ideology has emphasized the return of Jews to what is declared as their once and future homeland. Every Zionist political party; every institution of the Zionist movement; every Israeli government; and most Israeli political parties, from 1948 to the present, have given pride of place to their commitments to aliyah and immigrant absorption. For example, the official list of ten “policy guidelines” of Israel’s 32nd Israel Studies Review, Volume 26, Issue 1, Summer 2011: 33–65 © Association for Israel Studies doi: 10.3167/isr.2011.260108 34 | Ian S.
    [Show full text]
  • The Forgotten Story of the Mizrachi Jews: Will the Jews of the Middle East Ever Be Compensated for Their Expulsion from the Arab World?
    Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal Volume 23 Article 4 9-1-2004 The Forgotten Story of the Mizrachi Jews: Will the Jews of the Middle East Ever Be Compensated for Their Expulsion from the Arab World? Joseph D. Zargari Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/bpilj Part of the Human Rights Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Joseph D. Zargari, The Forgotten Story of the Mizrachi Jews: Will the Jews of the Middle East Ever Be Compensated for Their Expulsion from the Arab World?, 23 Buff. Envtl. L.J. 157 (2004). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.buffalo.edu/bpilj/vol23/iss1/4 This Comment is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ University at Buffalo School of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF THE MIZRA CHI JEWS: WILL THE JEWS OF THE MIDDLE EAST EVER BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR EXPULSION FROM THE ARAB WORLD? Joseph D. Zargarit Introduction When people think of the refugee situation in the Middle East, they often think of the Palestinian refugees of the West Bank and Gaza. Their situation has been studied, written about, and debated throughout much of the world. What is often forgotten, however, is the story of another group of refugees in the Middle East that were displaced around the same time as the Palestinian refugees.
    [Show full text]
  • U. S. Foreign Policy1 by Charles Hess
    H UMAN R IGHTS & H UMAN W ELFARE U. S. Foreign Policy1 by Charles Hess They hate our freedoms--our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other (George W. Bush, Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People, September 20, 2001). These values of freedom are right and true for every person, in every society—and the duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages (National Security Strategy, September 2002 http://www. whitehouse. gov/nsc/nss. html). The historical connection between U.S. foreign policy and human rights has been strong on occasion. The War on Terror has not diminished but rather intensified that relationship if public statements from President Bush and his administration are to be believed. Some argue that just as in the Cold War, the American way of life as a free and liberal people is at stake. They argue that the enemy now is not communism but the disgruntled few who would seek to impose fundamentalist values on societies the world over and destroy those who do not conform. Proposed approaches to neutralizing the problem of terrorism vary. While most would agree that protecting human rights in the face of terror is of elevated importance, concern for human rights holds a peculiar place in this debate. It is ostensibly what the U.S. is trying to protect, yet it is arguably one of the first ideals compromised in the fight.
    [Show full text]
  • And Pale Odia Palestinian Woman in Jabaliya Camp, Gaza Strip
    and Pale odia Palestinian woman in Jabaliya Camp, Gaza Strip. Her home was demolished by Israeli military, (p.16) (Photo: Neal Cassidy) nunTHE JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE WOMEN VOL. XV SUMMER 1990 PUBLISHER/EDITOR IN CHIEF Merle Hoffman MANAGING EDITOR Beverly Lowy ASSOCIATE EDITOR Eleanor J. Bader ASSISTANT EDITOR Karen Aisenberg EDITOR AT LARGE Phyllis Chester CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Charlotte Bunch Vinie Burrows Naomi Feigelson Chase Irene Davall FEATURES Above: Goats on a porch at Toi Derricotte Mandala. All animals are treated with Roberta Kalechofsky BREAKING BARRIERS: affection and respect, even the skunks. Flo Kennedy WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN (p.10) (Photo: Helen M. Stummer) Fred Pelka THE SCIENCES Cover: A single mother and her Helen M. Stummer ON THE ISSUES interviews children find permanency in a H.O.M.E.- ART DIRECTORS Paul E. Gray, President of MIT, and built home. (Photo: Helen M. Stummer) Michael Dowdy Dean of Student Affairs, Shirley M. Julia Gran McBay, on sexism and racism in A SONG SO BRAVE — ADVERTISING AND SALES academia 7 PHOTO ESSAY DIRECTOR Text By Phyllis Chesler Carolyn Handel H.O.M.E. Photos By Joan Roth ONE WOMAN'S APPROACH Phyllis Chesler and an international ON THE ISSUES: A feminist, humanist TO SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS group of feminists present a Torah to publication dedicated to promoting By Helen M. Stummer political action through awareness and the women of Jerusalem 19 education; working toward a global Visual sociologist Helen M. Stummer political consciousness; fostering a spirit profiles a unique program to combat TO PEE OR NOT TO PEE of collective responsibility for positive homelessness, poverty and By Irene Davall social change; eradicating racism, disenfranchisement 10 A humorous recollection of the "pee- sexism, ageism, speciesism; and support- in" that forced Harvard to examine its ing the struggle of historically disenfran- FROM STONES TO sexism 20 chised groups to protect and defend STATEHOOD themselves.
    [Show full text]
  • Medical Discrimination in the Time of COVID-19: Unequal Access to Medical Care in West Bank and Gaza Hana Cooper Seattle University ‘21, B.A
    Medical Discrimination in the Time of COVID-19: Unequal Access to Medical Care in West Bank and Gaza Hana Cooper Seattle University ‘21, B.A. History w/ Departmental Honors ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE A SYSTEM OF DISCRIMINATION COVID-19 IMPACT Given that PalestiniansSTRACT are suffering from As is evident from headlines over the last year, Palestinians are faring much worse While many see the founding of Israel in 1948 as the beginning of discrimination against COVID-19 has amplified all of the existing issues of apartheid, which had put Palestinians the COVID-19 pandemic not only to a under the COVID-19 pandemic than Israelis. Many news sources focus mainly on the Palestinians, it actually extends back to early Zionist colonization in the 1920s. Today, in a place of being less able to fight a pandemic (or any major, global crisis) effectively. greater extent than Israelis, but explicitly present, discussing vaccine apartheid and the current conditions of West Bank, Gaza, discrimination against Palestinians continues at varying levels throughout West Bank, because of discriminatory systems put into and Palestinian communities inside Israel. However, few mainstream news sources Gaza, and Israel itself. Here I will provide some examples: Gaza Because of the electricity crisis and daily power outages in Gaza, medical place by Israel before the pandemic began, have examined how these conditions arose in the first place. My project shows how equipment, including respirators, cannot run effectively throughout the day, and the it is clear that Israel is responsible for taking the COVID-19 crisis in Palestine was exacerbated by existing structures of Pre-1948 When the infrastructure of what would eventually become Israel was first built, constant disruptions in power cause the machines to wear out much faster than they action to ameliorate the crisis.
    [Show full text]
  • Press Release United Nations Department of Public Information • News and Media Services Division • New York PAL/1887 PI/1354 13 June 2001
    Press Release United Nations Department of Public Information • News and Media Services Division • New York PAL/1887 PI/1354 13 June 2001 DPI TO HOST INTKRNATIONAI, MEDIA ENCOUNTER ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE IN PARIS, 18 - 19 JUNE Search for Peace in Middle East, Role of United Nations To Be Discussed Prominent journalists and Middle East experts, including senior officials and lawmakers from Israel and the Palestinian Authority, will meet at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, on 18 and 19 June, at an international media encounter on the question of Palestine organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI). The overall theme of the encounter is "The search for peace in the Middle East". It is designed as a forum where media representatives and international experts will have an opportunity to discuss the status of the peace process, ways and means to break the deadlock, and the cycle of violence and reporting about the developments in the Middle East. They will also discuss the role of the United Nations in the question of Palestine and in the overall search for peace in the Middle East. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is expected to issue a message welcoming the participants, which will be delivered by Shashi Tharoor, Interim Head, DPI. The Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry, Loic Hennekinne, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, will also welcome the participants. Terje Roed-Larsen, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority, will present the keynote address of the encounter, focusing on the peace process in the Middle East.
    [Show full text]
  • Global Antisemitism: Assault on Human Rights
    1 Global Antisemitism: Assault on Human Rights Irwin Cotler Member of Canadian Parliament Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Professor of Law, McGill University [email protected] The Working Papers Series is intended to initiate discussion, debate and discourse on a wide variety of issues as it pertains to the analysis of antisemitism, and to further the study of this subject matter. Please feel free to submit papers to the ISGAP working paper series. Contact the ISGAP Coordinator or the Editor of the Working Paper Series. Working Paper Cotler 2009 ISSN: 1940-610X © Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy ISBN: 978-0-9819058-4-6 Series Editor Charles Asher Small ISGAP ������������������������������������������������������������������ New York, NY 10022 United States Ofce Telephone: 212-230-1840 www.isgap.org 2 ABSTRACT Reecting on the global resurgence of antisemitism, Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel commented as follows: “[May I] share with you the feeling of urgency, if not, emergency, that we believe Antisemitism represents and calls for. I must confess to you, I have not felt the way I feel now since 1945. I feel there are reasons for us to be concerned, even afraid … now is the time to mobilize the efforts of all of humanity.” Indeed, what we are witnessing today – and which has been developing incrementally, sometimes imperceptibly, and even indulgently, for some thirty-ve years now is an old/ new, sophisticated, globalizing, virulent, and even lethal Antisemitism, reminiscent of the atmospherics of the 30s, and without parallel or precedent since the end of the Second World War.
    [Show full text]
  • Australian Olim Survey Findings Report
    MONAMONASH SH AUSTRALAUSTRALIAN IAN CENTRECENT FORRE FOR JEWISJEH WCIIVSIHLI CSAIVTILIIOSNA TION GEN17 AUSTRALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY SURVEY AUSSIESJEWISH EDUCATION IN THE IN PROMISEDMELBOURNE LAND:ANDREW MARKUS , MIRIAM MUNZ AND TANYA MUNZ FINDINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN OLIM SURVEY (2018- 19) Building S,Bu Caildiunlgfi eS,ld Cacampulfieulsd campus 900 Dandenong900 Dandenong Road Road Caulfield CaEausltf iVIeldC Ea31s4t5 VI C 3145 www.monwww.ash.emodun/aarstsh/.aecdjuc / arts/acjc DAVID MITTELBERG AND ADINA BANKIER-KARP All rights reserved © David Mittelberg and Adina Bankier-Karp First published 2020 Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation Faculty of Arts Monash University Victoria 3800 https://arts.monash.edu/acjc ISBN: 978-0-6486654-9-6 The photograph on the cover of this report was taken by David Bankier and has been used with his written permission. This work is copyright. Apart for any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of it may be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction rights should be directed to the publisher. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 1 AUTHORS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Israeli Jews' Views on Their Relationship to American Jews And
    Together and Apart: Israeli Jews’ Views on their Relationship to American Jews and Religious Pluralism Findings from UJA-Federation’s Survey of Israeli Jews 2017 January 29, 2018 Principal Researchers: Prof. Steven M. Cohen, HUC-JIR Mijal Bitton, Ph.D. candidate, NYU Prof. Lisa Grant, HUC-JIR Dr. Ezra Kopelowitz, Research Success Technologies, Israel Dr. Jack Ukeles, Ukeles Associates, Inc., Jerusalem, Israel A healthy relationship between American and Israeli Jewry — the world’s two largest Jewish communities — is crucial to the well-being of the Jewish people. Anyone who has lived or traveled extensively in both countries is aware of profound cultural, political, religious, social, and economic differences between these two Jewries. To cite just a few obvious examples, Jews in Israel are a majority in a sovereign Jewish state; American Jews are a minority in a state that is not Jewish. In the U.S., separation of church and state is a cherished value; in Israel, religion plays a major role in public life. Most young Jews in Israel serve in the army; most American Jews do not. Many American Jews are engaged with non-Jewish family and friends; Israeli Jews are surrounded by non-Jews, many of whom they perceive as unfriendly, if not hostile. With huge stakes in the relationship between Israel and American Jewry and huge differences between the two, understanding the other is urgent. The leadership of each community operates with a series of often unfounded assumptions about what “they” think, believe, and value. 1 This report aims to help American Jewish leadership better understand the perspectives of Israeli Jews that are important to both Jewries.
    [Show full text]
  • Ethnic and Minority Groups in Israel: Challenges for Social Work Theory, Value and Practice Eliezer D
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ScholarWorks at WMU The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Volume 22 Issue 1 March - Special Issue on Social Work with Article 10 Minority and Ethnic Groups March 1995 Ethnic and Minority Groups in Israel: Challenges for Social Work Theory, Value and Practice Eliezer D. Jaffe Hebrew University, Jerusalem Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw Part of the Race and Ethnicity Commons, and the Social Work Commons Recommended Citation Jaffe, Eliezer D. (1995) "Ethnic and Minority Groups in Israel: Challenges for Social Work Theory, Value and Practice," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 22 : Iss. 1 , Article 10. Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol22/iss1/10 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Social Work at ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Ethnic and Minority Groups in Israel: Challenges for Social Work Theory, Value and Practice ELIEZER DAVID JAFFE Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel is a Western, democratic, pluralistic enclave in the Middle East. Multiple ethnic groups, mass immigration, religious diversity, and the current ethnic dilemmas experienced there provide ample opportunity for study. The social work role in addressing the ethnic and cultural challenges in Israel is discussed without minimizing or reducing the complexity of the issues. A closer examination of social work as a vehicle for ethnic sensitivity and understanding of ethnic diversity is required. Knowing how to work with diverse populations and ethnic conflict is imperative in Israel and elsewhere.
    [Show full text]
  • Social Representations of the Holocaust and Israeli
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Nottingham Trent Institutional Repository (IRep) R. Jaspal & M. A. Yampolsky Running head: Social Representations of the Holocaust Social representations of the Holocaust and Jewish Israeli identity construction: insights from identity process theory Rusi Jaspal*1 and Maya A. Yampolsky2 1Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK 2Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada This study explores how a group of young Israeli Jews understood and defined their ethno-national identities, focusing upon the role of social representations of the Holocaust in the construction of Jewish Israeli identity. Eleven individuals were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Transcripts were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis was informed by identity process theory and social representations theory. Three superordinate themes are reported, entitled: (i) “perceptions of the Holocaust as a personal and shared loss”; (ii) “re-conceptualising the Holocaust and its impact upon intra-/ intergroup relations”; and (iii) “the Holocaust as a heuristic lens for understanding the Israeli-Arab conflict”. The data suggest that awareness of social representations of the Holocaust may enhance the belonging and continuity principles of identity, in particular. It is argued that the maintenance of national ingroup security constitutes a source of (group) continuity. Implications for psychological well-being are discussed. Keywords: Holocaust; Jewish identity; identity process theory; social representations; psychological well-being; social psychology; qualitative The Holocaust, the mass genocide of approximately six million Jews during the Nazi era, symbolises for the vast majority of people the ultimate in human depravity and cruelty.
    [Show full text]