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Itf<,:R ~ Jewish Ultra-Nationalism in Israel: Converging Strands ~t1r"J("~ ~l- J C\-('I~"l , j. tI. ClW-. fr(lttt(e t Lcd)1 l l('{('Is/l 1l1Im'''','llllllllll~''' ill l~rtlcl: GIlIi'l..",,·/H;\ SIIll/Ids 29 ~i a.c.t\i',,~ t, itf<,:r ~ 19fs- (Mv~kr-ferd! yfe!jt... A~so ~(d ;vt:y~, meaning is the loyalty or illcntity of an individual with hiS nation rather than '~;v'Hbj(1 PrtU a. ... d LOl.fdC1l-1: C.'(\ U/.1 i other collectivities. Examples of other collectivities would be ethnic. reli­ 1 ~IOUS. regional. or social groups or. in the case of Isradi Jews. the Jewish 'rt ~S.(S, 118T) "eorle as a wholc-i.e.. the international collectivity of Jews. 2 Observers have pointed to the growth and increased militance of Sephardic ethnicity in the last decade. It has been suggested that this ethnic Jewish Ultra-Nationalism in Israel: Identity comes at the expense of national integration and a sense of national I(l~alty. The 19R4 election campaign and voting results suggest that the prob­ Converging Strands lem is less serious than was once thought. Tami. the only distinctively ethnic rarty on the Israeli political map. won 2.3 percent of the vote in 198) and man~ feared that its vote would increase in future elections. In 1984 Tami's CHARLES S. LIEBMAN rroportion of the vote dropped to 1.6 percent and its future seems doubtful. It is true that a new Sephardic party. Shas. won 3.\ percent of the vote. But unlike Tami. Shas did not appeal exclusively to Sephardic voters. Somc of 11\ support came from very religious non-Zionist Ashkenazim who sup­ ported Agudat brad in the past but were unhappy with that group's internal Although Israelis view their hracliness and Jewishness (i.e.. their sense of t-lo.:kering, Shas's leadership is entirely Sephardic hut unlike Tami its cam­ being Jews) as interrelated. their understanding of Judaism. of what it means r;\l~n was not anti-Ashkenazic. Rabbi Eliezer Schakh. the outstanding figure to he a Jew. carries particular nuances that distinguish it from the Judaism of (If the Ashkenazic yeshiva world. quietly endorsed Shas and urged the enter­ DI;I.,pora Jewry. Most Isr.telis. whether ther arc observant or non-observant t.llnmcnt personality Uri lohar. now a yeshiva stuoent himself. to appear at of Je .... ish law. place far greater emphasis on the national and territorial ckl:llon rallie'i on its hehalf. dime/hlllns of Judai... m than do Dia ... pora Jews. Indeed. the development of The National Religious Party. hoping to attract Sephardic voters. placed a Jlstlfh:tively braeli conceptions of JUdaism. a tendency that has become ropular Sephardic canoioate in a very prominent position on its list. Accord­ p<lftl-.:ubrly pronounced in the religious sector in the last few years. is a m~ til an opinion poll. religious Sephardic voters voted or did not vote for 1;I'lm;lting topic fraught with consequences for the future of Israel-Diaspora the N RP without regard to the presence of the Sephardic candidate rc!;ttll'nS. These dit'ferences allow Israelis to differentiate their loyalty to the tlll/I/,.('t::. 9 September 19K4. p. 14). lh~ hr.leli-Jewish collectivity from their loyalty to the world jewish collce­ The mo... t striking evidence for the decline of a distinctive ethnic as op­ 11\ /t~ In other words. the fact that Jcwishness is a central component of posed to a national identity among all Israelis is to he found in the 1994 voter I,raellness docs not mean that Israeli Jews cannot conceive of conflicting 1m ;t!lies to hrae! or to Diaspora Jewry. survey conducted by Asher Arian and l\lichal Shamir. Forty-one percent of n;t1ive Israelis who.,e falhers were also native-born declined to identify Our concern is with two basic questions. First. arc Israeli Jews becoming Ihc..'msclvc ... a., either Ashknazic or Sephardic. The same is true of roughly a fnl're '.'1' Ie:>:> n<ltionalistic',' Second. what are the different strands or compo­ third of the native Israeli'i whose fathers were Sephardic and a third whose nent-, that comprise their national identity'! Neither of these questions ad­ lather'> werc Ashkenazic. mits \-If any ... imple answers. but they afford a convenient framework within \\ hl.:h to discuss Israeli nationalism in 1984. :\ second alternative to a national identity would be identification with the slIl">-cummllnity of rc\igiou:> Jews. Tensions between religious (i.e .• observ­ antl and nonreligious Jews have always characterized Israeli society. But in Committment to Israeli ~ationalism thl" realm a'i well there is evidcm:e that a national identity is replacing a n;trro\,. or c·v.;\u'iivi,tic religious identity among a growing segment of the The answer to the first question. whether Israeli jews arc becoming more reh~lou" population, The proportion of religious voters \l, ho supported non­ ,'r !c.,s nationalistic. depends on the meaning of the term Ilationalism. One n:h~il)U'i partico,; first jumped in 19~J. In that ckction the NRP \o"t almost h;.lt of it'; \ olcr,. primaril\ to partie'> of the right. Thcse voters did not return ( 10 Iljl\·l. Indeed. c'\dudin!l both Kach. the part) of Rabbi Meir Kahane. and (';"c',·, S, Li.:t'>m"n i, Pn>fe"or "f Politic''') ~ludi,-" .n RH,II"n l:ni\c:r'i!\ "nd direct~ Ihe :. ", ", ''')-,' fit l'f ['l ,lIt "'.t! ,,'1<:0;':'-' COllr,,-,, ~,I I'r",-,I" , ()r~n t 'nl\ <:1",,1', H" m,,'l' r"c" nl h,I<lk\ arc T;tn1l, which do 0,)( l."onduct campaign... addres... cd exc!u"ively to religious N, ,',"!! III filii,", Ilkr~cJn .. nd I.", :\n\),·!.:,: In! "hll\ "f C.. I,I"rni" Pr,-,,,. !')XJI und, \ ,'h;r... the prnpllf'tino "flhe rdigioll'> party vote \~a" 9.6 percent in JlJ~l and ",,:r, L'''l"r Ihn'Y<:hi~.I. Rdl,'r:,!! III /llIIeI IHI""'n1n<::"," lnd;"p.:t t O'\'''',iI Pre", IlJl!.Ii. 'J'I ren:ent 10 19;-\4. >";lIt all or the'>c voter'> \~crc relij!ious Jews. This low ::s '-I;,;"~ ~t1r"J("~ ~l- J C\-('I~"l , j. tI. ClW-. fr(lttt(e t Lcd)1 l l('{('Is/l 1l1Im'''','llllllllll~''' ill l~rtlcl: GIlIi'l..",,·/H;\ SIIll/Ids 29 ~i a.c.t\i',,~ t, itf<,:r ~ 19fs- (Mv~kr-ferd! yfe!jt... A~so ~(d ;vt:y~, meaning is the loyalty or illcntity of an individual with hiS nation rather than '~;v'Hbj(1 PrtU a. ... d LOl.fdC1l-1: C.'(\ U/.1 i other collectivities. Examples of other collectivities would be ethnic. reli­ 1 ~IOUS. regional. or social groups or. in the case of Isradi Jews. the Jewish 'rt ~S.(S, 118T) "eorle as a wholc-i.e.. the international collectivity of Jews. 2 Observers have pointed to the growth and increased militance of Sephardic ethnicity in the last decade. It has been suggested that this ethnic Jewish Ultra-Nationalism in Israel: Identity comes at the expense of national integration and a sense of national I(l~alty. The 19R4 election campaign and voting results suggest that the prob­ Converging Strands lem is less serious than was once thought. Tami. the only distinctively ethnic rarty on the Israeli political map. won 2.3 percent of the vote in 198) and man~ feared that its vote would increase in future elections. In 1984 Tami's CHARLES S. LIEBMAN rroportion of the vote dropped to 1.6 percent and its future seems doubtful. It is true that a new Sephardic party. Shas. won 3.\ percent of the vote. But unlike Tami. Shas did not appeal exclusively to Sephardic voters. Somc of 11\ support came from very religious non-Zionist Ashkenazim who sup­ ported Agudat brad in the past but were unhappy with that group's internal Although Israelis view their hracliness and Jewishness (i.e.. their sense of t-lo.:kering, Shas's leadership is entirely Sephardic hut unlike Tami its cam­ being Jews) as interrelated. their understanding of Judaism. of what it means r;\l~n was not anti-Ashkenazic. Rabbi Eliezer Schakh. the outstanding figure to he a Jew. carries particular nuances that distinguish it from the Judaism of (If the Ashkenazic yeshiva world. quietly endorsed Shas and urged the enter­ DI;I.,pora Jewry. Most Isr.telis. whether ther arc observant or non-observant t.llnmcnt personality Uri lohar. now a yeshiva stuoent himself. to appear at of Je .... ish law. place far greater emphasis on the national and territorial ckl:llon rallie'i on its hehalf. dime/hlllns of Judai... m than do Dia ... pora Jews. Indeed. the development of The National Religious Party. hoping to attract Sephardic voters. placed a Jlstlfh:tively braeli conceptions of JUdaism. a tendency that has become ropular Sephardic canoioate in a very prominent position on its list. Accord­ p<lftl-.:ubrly pronounced in the religious sector in the last few years. is a m~ til an opinion poll. religious Sephardic voters voted or did not vote for 1;I'lm;lting topic fraught with consequences for the future of Israel-Diaspora the N RP without regard to the presence of the Sephardic candidate rc!;ttll'nS. These dit'ferences allow Israelis to differentiate their loyalty to the tlll/I/,.('t::. 9 September 19K4. p. 14). lh~ hr.leli-Jewish collectivity from their loyalty to the world jewish collce­ The mo... t striking evidence for the decline of a distinctive ethnic as op­ 11\ /t~ In other words.
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