Abstract
German-speaking Jews arrived in Palestine in vast numbers from 1933 onwards. They are not Olim (ascenders, Jewish immigrants to Palestine/Israel) in the classical, Zionistic sense but emigrated out of necessity from Europe. Their history in Europe, and their arrival in Palestine refect a particular integration into the nascent Jewish society, and resulted in a pronounced particularism that was transmitted across generations. To understand the interdependence of self-defnition and superimposed ascription within a society that aims at absorbing immigrants, this paper chronicles the different defnitions of Germanness amongst three generations of Yekkes (German-speaking Jews) in Palestine, later Israel, by focusing on community building, familial tradition, and everyday praxes of expressing Germanness.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 99-120 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | German Studies Review |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1 Feb 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)