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Mb Heft1-2013 Innenteil 1..96 MÜNCHNER BEITRÄGE ZUR JÜDISCHEN GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR The Munich Journal of Jewish History and Culture Lehrstuhl für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ISRAEL AND EUROPE Contributions by Colin Shindler, Azriel Bermant, Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac, Rory Miller, Oren Osterer, Jakub Tyszkiewicz and Noam Zadoff Jg. 7 / Heft 1·2013 Dieses Heft wurde gefördert von der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde München und Oberbayern. Published by the Lehrstuhl für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur, Michael Brenner. Editorial Board: Martin Baumeister, Rome – Menahem Ben-Sasson, Jerusalem – Richard I. Cohen, Jerusalem – John M. Efron, Berkeley – Jens Malte Fischer, München – Benny Morris, Beer Sheva – Hans-Georg von Mutius, München – Ada Rapoport-Albert, London – Aron Rodrigue, Stanford – David B. Ruderman, Philadelphia – Martin Schulze Wessel, München – Avinoam Shalem, München – Wolfram Siemann, München – Norman Stillman, Oklahoma – Yfaat Weiss, Jerusalem – Stephen J. Whitfield, Brandeis. Editorial Committee: Heike Koch, Andrea Sinn, Ernst-Peter Wiecken- berg, Mirjam Zadoff, Noam Zadoff. Translations: David Rees Address: Abteilung für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur an der Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität München, Historisches Seminar, Geschwis- ter-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 München. E-mail: [email protected] This journal is published bi-annually. Costs: 7.50 Euro per issue, 14 € per annual subscription. Copyright back cover Illustration: Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, B 145 Bild-00009354. Foto Benno Wundshammer/14. März 1960. # Abteilung für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur an der Ludwig-Maxi- milians-Universität München Producing and design: mazzetti&mazzetti GmbH, München Printing and binding: AZ Druck und Datentechnik GmbH, Kempten Coverdesign: Peter Mazzetti ISSN 1864–385X TABLE OF CONTENT Michael Brenner Preface ....................... Page 5 Noam Zadoff Introduction...................... Page 6 ISRAEL AND EUROPE Colin Shindler Israel Studies in Europe........... Page 10 Rory Miller The Politics of Trade, Science and Technology: The Case of Israel and the European Union ............................. Page 15 Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac European Jews Engaged in the Israeli-Arab Peace Process: A New Form of Jewish Internationalism?......................... Page 26 Azriel Bermant Britain& Policy towards Israel under Margaret Thatcher......................... Page 35 Oren Osterer Anatomy of a Non-Relationship: Israel and the German Democratic Republic ....... Page 46 Jakub Tyszkiewicz The View of Israel in Post-Communist Poland (1989–2012) ............. Page 55 Tamara Or Israel and Europe: Mapping the Past, Shaping the Future. A Report ..................... Page 62 FROM THE ARCHIVES Noam Zadoff “40 Gills of Scotch Whiskey": A Satirical Birthday Speech from Mandatory Palestine ............................. Page 68 STUDENT TRIPS TO ISRAEL Julia Treindl Immigration and Emigration........ Page 72 Veronika Nickel, Hannes Pichler, Esther Pütz, and Josef Prackwieser Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Jews and Christians in the Middle Ages .................................... Page 75 NEWSLETTER Faculty Notes / Alumni Today ................... Page 78 Recent Events .................................. Page 80 Friends of Institute .............................. Page 88 The Authors.................................... Page 90 Overview of past Issues .......................... Page 95 Preface ■ 5 Michael Brenner Preface The Munich Journal of Jewish History and Culture has been published biannually since 2007. This first English edition is designed to address a broader audience beyond the German- speaking world. It contains some of the lectures presented dur- ing the first Congress of the European Association of Israel Stu- dies, which took place in September of 2012 at Ludwig-Maxi- milians-Universität (LMU) in Munich. The Institute of Jewish History and Culture at the Univer- sity of Munich was founded in 1997. It was unique in that it was the first time Jewish history was included as part of a his- tory department in any German university. The Institute has expanded significantly in the last fifteen years, adding posi- tions of Hebrew and Yiddish language, medieval Jewish his- tory, and the history of Jews in Muslim countries. The study of modern Israel has always been an integral part of the Institute. Its faculty brings students to Israel on regular visits. In recent years, the themes of student trips have been immigration, religious and ethnic minorities, and the British Mandate. The Friends of the Institute raise and donate money to provide annual scholarships for intensive language study and immersion programs in Israel. The Institute hosts visiting professors from Israeli universities. On the faculty we are proud to have Dr. Noam Zadoff, a specialist in Israel Studies who currently holds the Ben Gurion Guest Chair of Israel Stu- dies at the University of Heidelberg and will return to Munich this fall. I am grateful for his co-editing this issue of the Mu- nich Journal. The recently established Israel Institute has announced that LMU will be among the first universities to receive funding for a visiting professorship in Israel Studies. In the summer of 2014, Anita Shapira, Professor emerita at Tel Aviv University and author of the widely acclaimed book Israel: A History, will teach in Munich. We hope that this will be the first step towards establishing a permanent professorship in Israel Stu- dies at LMU. HEFT 1·2013 MÜNCHNER BEITRÄGE ZUR JÜDISCHEN GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR 6 ■ Noam Zadoff Noam Zadoff Introduction The first annual meeting of the European Association of Israel Studies (EAIS) took place at the history department of the Lud- wig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich from 10–12 September 2012. More than one hundred scholars from sixteen countries traveled to the Bavarian capital to discuss topics re- lated to past and present relations between Israel and Europe. Over the course of two days and over thirty sessions, they in- teracted in a collegial and productive atmosphere of academic exchange. The EAIS meeting in Munich was a precedent in many respects: it was the first international conference of the EAIS; it was the largest conference ever hosted at the history department of LMU; and it was probably the largest academic conference dedicated to Israel ever held in Germany. The EAIS was inaugurated in London in the fall of 2011. It seeks to provide an academic framework for scholars at Eur- opean universities who teach and research topics related to Is- rael and Zionism. The EAIS is politically neutral. Its aim is to create a network of scholars and to establish and support Israel Studies as an academic field in Europe. The annual meetings of the EAIS serve as a platform for exchange and collaboration be- tween scholars and students of Israel Studies. In this respect, the interest in the Munich conference and the strong atten- dance suggest a promising future for the EAIS. The LMU history department – the first history department to have fully integrated the study of Jewish history and cul- ture – proved the perfect venue for the meeting. To a great ex- tent, this was due to the help of the department& executive di- rector, Dr. Wolfgang Piereth, without whom the organization of the first EAIS meeting would have been impossible. in this special issue of The Munich Journal of Jewish History and Culture were presented at the EAIS conference and reflect the intellectually stimulating atmosphere of the event. HEFT 1·2013 MÜNCHNER BEITRÄGE ZUR JÜDISCHEN GESCHICHTE UND KULTUR Israel and Europe: Mapping the Past, Shaping the Future First Annual Conference of the EAIS, 10–12 September 2012, LMU Munich Opening panel in the Bavarian Academy of Sciences with Professor Michael Brenner, Ambassador Avi Primor, Professor Raffaele del Sarto, Professor Munter S. Dajani and former speaker of the German Parliament, Professor Rita Süssmuth. t Gabor Balaz (Szeged), Colin Shindler Amnon Aran p (London), Alain Dieckhoff (Paris), q Moshe Zimmermann (Jerusalem), Rory Miller Michael Wolffsohn (Munich) (London) Elie Rekhess (Chicago), p Ambassador Shimon Stein Carol Zemel (Toronto) and Ilan Troen (Brandeis) ▼ Alan Dieckhoff (Paris) u Azriel Bermant (London), Orna Almo (London), Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac (Paris), Andrea Sinn (Munich) q t Ruth Bevan (New York), Aviva Halamish (Haifa), Michael Brenner (Munich), Yuval Moshkovitz (London) p Concluding session t Noam Zadoff (Munich), Katharina Hey (Munich) 10 ■ Colin Shindler Colin Shindler Israel Studies in Europe Israel Studies is not an innovation at institutions of higher edu- cation in Europe. Modern Hebrew and the study of the Holy Land reach back certainly into the nineteenth century. At my own college, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, such academic interest began with the British Foreign Office’s desire in 1916 to develop a cadre of ex- perts which would help them understand and indeed control the Middle East. A year later Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Rothschild whereby the British promised “a national home for the Jewish people.” The smooth governance of the British Empire required trained administrators who understood the language, history, and culture of the governed. This was true of many other coun- tries as well where it was felt in the depths of their collective soul that imperialism was beneficial for all. From the Belgian Congo to Italian Libya, there was a need for experts to assist in the making of policy and
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