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Imre Kertesz: El paseante solitario en Buda
La figura del paseante solitario en la ciudad, disfrutando del anonimato y el movimiento urbano, tiene cierta completud. No pensamos: “Qué paseante?”, “Qué ciudad?”, “Cuál es la relación entre ellos?” Imaginamos al paseante como un hombre desprejuiciado en busca de solaz, saliendo al encuentro de la ciudad indiferente, también ella desprejuiciada. Sin embargo, para entender a Imre Kertesz como paseante solitario en Budapest (en rigor, como paseante en Buda, la parte de la ciudad que se encuentra al oeste del Danubio) debemos hacernos esas tres preguntas. Y responder, algo esquemáticamente: El paseante solitario es un judío, la ciudad es una ciudad gentil, y la relación entre ellos es de hospedaje, es decir, de extranjería. [Full article...]By: Pablo Lerner
Antisemitismo y Judeofobia
Comunidades Judías del Mundo
Comunidades Judías del Mundo > Vida Judía en la Diáspora
Expresiones Artísticas y Culturales
Expresiones Artísticas y Culturales > Literatura
Best of Both Worlds?: High-tech in the Service of the Rabbis
Are the new opportunities for ultra-orthodox women's employment by Israeli high-tech firms a step in the right direction for incorporating these religious communities into the larger productive society? Or is this another gateway for modernized exploitation of women by their own communities and the employing firms? [Full article...]By: Avirama Golan
Israel > Israeli Society
Breaking the Myth of Semantics: Post-Zionism Doesn't Exist
"The arguments called "post-Zionist" have various aspects - not only political but also cultural. They view Zionism as a colonial phenomenon, not as a national movement that is contending with another, Palestinian, national movement over its claim to the same territory. Some of those who are called "post-Zionists" go even further in their argument that the very existence of a Jewish people is a "narrative" that was invented in the 19th century, and that the Jews are at base a religious community." [Full article...]By: Shlomo Avineri
Zionism > Zionism Revisited
Refining Definitions: Civic Equality does not mean Freedom of Immigration
In Israel everything is linked to the rest: law, politics, security, demographics, society and economics. So are immigration policies, human rights and civic equality. In this article, Prof. Gavison brings her analysis of the complex issues that have to be addressed while considering the legal situation regarding Israel's immigration policies. [Full article...]By: Ruth Gavison
Israel > Israeli Society
A look on the Positive side: Not everything is rotten
Positive outlook propels positive actions while doomed forecasts probably spell just the opposite: This article deals with trends in Israeli society versus how it is portrayed in the local media. [Full article...]By: Yair Sheleg
Israel > Israeli Society
Youth and Hagshama Movements / Organizations
Untapped resources: Israeli scientists wonder: Could seaweed power the world?
Israel's contribution to the search for fuel substitues reach a new peak as several of the nations's research labs look for a product that will be both environmentally safe and satisfy part of the world's energy needs. [Full article...]By: Zafrir Rinat
Israel
Divorce and Law: A discriminatory and dangerous trick
Tamar Rotem brings the complexities of dealing with divorce in the Ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, the division of roles between the civil and religious courts, and the possibilities and dangers of a bill that tries to remedy some of the issues posed by this situation. [Full article...]By: Tamar Rotem
Israel > Israeli Society
Judaism > Israeli Judaism
Judaism > Life Cycle
Abducted Israeli Soldiers: The Final Farewell
The farewell letter published by Mr. Zeev Bielski, the Chairman of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency as the two abducted Israeli soldiers are returned home. [Full article...]By: Zeev Bielski
Israel
Analysis of an approach to Middle Eastern Politics: Is Israel the Problem?
"...with the exception of Israel and with the partial exception of Turkey, the entire Middle East lacks a culture of conflict resolution, let alone the necessary mechanisms of meaningful compromise. Such a culture can only be shaped through a process of democratization." [Full article...]By: Amir Taheri
Israel > Politics
Peace Process
Trial for the Nation's Youth: Trying Eichmann, not Jewish Disputes
The 1959-61 Ben-Gurion Government's archive opened to the public last year: "...Another subject that preoccupied the government was the trial of Adolf Eichmann, who was kidnapped to Israel from Argentina in May 1960. His trial began in April 1961, and he was hung in Ramle Prison on May 31, 1962, almost exactly two years after the kidnapping. We knew the Israeli government discussed the trial, but only now, when we can peruse the minutes, can we understand to what extent the government, a political body, was involved in an event that was basically a criminal trial." [Full article...]By: Yehiam Weitz
Holocaust
Israel > Israeli Society
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
Judaism > Holidays with a Twist > Yom Hashoah
People > 1948-Today: Modern Zionist Age
