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Israel, Diaspora, and the Routes of National Belonging, Second Edition

by Jasmin Habib

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Published: August 2019

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Imprint: University of Toronto Press

Series: Cultural Spaces

Page Count: 360 Pages

Illustrations: 30 b&w illustrations

Dimensions: 6.00 x 8.90

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Over the course of four years, Jasmin Habib was a participant observer on tours of Israel organized for diaspora Jews as well as at North American community events focusing on Israel and Israel-diaspora relations. In this book, she argues that much of the existing literature about North American Jews and their relationship to Israel ignores their reactions to official narratives and perpetuates an "official silence" surrounding the destructive aspects of nationalist sentiments.

The second edition of Israel, Diaspora, and the Routes of National Belonging includes a new introduction by the author that builds on her groundbreaking research and reflects on the changes to scholarship since the book’s publication in 2004. Additionally, by exploring the dramatic changes to the region’s politics, Habib ensures that the startlingly honest, theoretically rich, and detailed analysis of her original work continues to be of relevance over a decade later.

Jasmin Habib is Associate Professor in Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Zionism, Diaspora, and Israel

2. Touring Israel

3. Celebrating Return: One Nation, One Land

4. Development and Democracy

5. Settling the Nation, Defending the State

6. The Politics of Securing Peace

7. Representing Israel

8. Identifying (with) Israel: Zionism and the State

9. Identifying (with) Israel after Zionism

10. Narrating Relations for Diaspora

11. Longings

12. A Home Away from Home

13. Routes of Belonging

14. Fielding Questions of Identity

15. Diaspora Belonging

Appendix: Interview Questions / Guideline

Notes

Bibliography

Index

"In this ethnography, Jasmin Habib provides fascinating insights into the multifaceted ways in which a community constructs and reconstructs individual and collective identity."
Nahla Abdo, Journal of Palestine Studies

"Habib’s work is important … it raises some painfully complex issues of nation and land. It is an interesting first step in refining the discussion of diaspora identity vis-à-vis Israel in the Canadian context."
Faydra Shapiro, Canadian Jewish Studies

"Israel, Diaspora and the Routes of National Belonging is a controversial piece of work, but credit must be given to Habib for the courage she’s shown trying to bridge the gap between Jews and Arabs."
John Copley, Edmonton Jewish News

Anthropology / Social & Cultural Anthropology

Jewish Studies / Jewish History

Communication & Cultural Studies

Sociology / Globalization

Middle Eastern Studies