Israeli Folk Narratives: Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology) 0814330479, 9780814330470

132 79 8MB

English Pages 208 Year 2005

Israeli Folk Narratives: Settlement, Immigration, Ethnicity (Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology)
0814330479, 9780814330470

0 0 0
Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up

The goals and challenges that face the people of Israel are vividly illustrated by the country's many folk stories.

112 58 15MB Read more

The term "wailing culture" includes an array of women's behaviors and beliefs following the death of a me

110 17 3MB Read more

The first appearance of Jews in Poland and their adventures during their early years of settlement in the country are co

102 71 7MB Read more

The term "wailing culture" includes an array of women's behaviors and beliefs following the death of a me

101 75 4MB Read more

Mystical Bodies, Mystical Meals is the first book-length study of mystical eating practices and experiences in the kabba

121 86 2MB Read more

Between 1977 and 1992, practically all Ethiopian Jews migrated to Israel. This mass move followed the 1974 revolution in

104 95 4MB Read more

Without Bounds illuminates the life of the mysterious Rabbi Ya'aqov Wazana, a Jewish healer who worked in the Weste

121 34 11MB Read more

The vision of communication as authentic dialogue, as the mutual communion of souls, has animated a great many twentieth

115 18 2MB Read more

In Israel, anthropologists have customarily worked in their "home"―in the company of the society that they are

103 34 4MB Read more

In Israel, anthropologists have customarily worked in their "home"―in the company of the society that they are

122 106 2MB Read more