Modern Israeli and Palestinian Diasporas
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- ISBN 9781477330401
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Dec 2024
- Publisher: University of Texas Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A comparative study of contemporary Israeli and Palestinian diasporas.
Exilic and diasporic experience have become ubiquitous in recent decades. Jews, lacking a homeland, spread to various parts of the world, making the Jewish diaspora paradigmatic. But after the establishment of Israel in 1948, a different kind of diaspora emerged, as more than a tenth of Israeli citizens have chosen to leave their newly established state and resettle. Meanwhile, about half of all Palestinians, including Palestinian citizens of Israel, now reside in exile, predominantly as a result of the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Recognizing that Israeli-Jewish and Palestinian-Arab societies coexist and are engaged in constant relations, Nahum Karlinsky has assembled an impressive array of contributors to explore these diasporas alongside one another and in dialogue with other diasporic communities. The collected essays cover such topics as Palestinian exiles and diasporas, the demographics of today’s Israeli diaspora, immigrant enterprises, transnationalism and development, the unique place of Israeli Jews in the United States, the literature of Palestinian transnationals, and the emergence of Berlin as a queer Israeli-Jewish immigrant enclave.The Modern Israeli and Palestinian Diasporas challenges and reimagines the very notion of a homeland.
Nahum Karlinsky is a visiting associate professor at Boston University’s Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies. He is the author of several books and the coauthor with Mustafa Kabha of The Lost Orchard: The Palestinian-Arab Citrus Industry, 1850–1950.
