A dozen essays document the evolution of national myths in Israel as the heroic figures and events of independence and survival transmute into blind fanaticism, great-power manipulation, and traditional colonialism and genocide. Without passing any judgement on the changes, they delve into the meani
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THEODOR HERZL, the creator of political Zionism, was not only a living legend in his own lifetime but had already become the personification of the "Jewish State" 50 years before its actual creation in the land of Israel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pioneering forerunners, commemorative patterns, memorial literature, commemorative form, commemorative narrative, physical heroism, memorial groves, commemorative inscriptions, memorial inscriptions, late rabbi, memorial stones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Baba Sali, Yom Kippur War, Six Day War, Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Ahad Ha-am, Baba Baruch, Neue Freie Presse, Zionist Congress, Kiddush Ha-Shem, Agudat Israel, Eretz Israel, Martin Buber, Der Judenstaat, Jewish Agency, Second World War, Avraham Stern, Elazar Ben-Yair, Gush Emunim, Israel Among the Nations, The Jews of Vienna, Yitzhak Lamdan, Die Welt, First World War New!
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THEODOR HERZL, the creator of political Zionism, was not only a living legend in his own lifetime but had already become the personification of the "Jewish State" 50 years before its actual creation in the land of Israel. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pioneering forerunners, commemorative patterns, memorial literature, commemorative form, commemorative narrative, physical heroism, memorial groves, commemorative inscriptions, memorial inscriptions, late rabbi, memorial stones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Baba Sali, Yom Kippur War, Six Day War, Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Ahad Ha-am, Baba Baruch, Neue Freie Presse, Zionist Congress, Kiddush Ha-Shem, Agudat Israel, Eretz Israel, Martin Buber, Der Judenstaat, Jewish Agency, Second World War, Avraham Stern, Elazar Ben-Yair, Gush Emunim, Israel Among the Nations, The Jews of Vienna, Yitzhak Lamdan, Die Welt, First World War New!
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- The Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche on 6 pages
- The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl on 5 pages
- Thus Spake Zarathustra (Dover Thrift Editions) by Friedrich Nietzsche on 4 pages
- Myth, Symbol, and Culture by Clifford Geertz on page 164, and page 170
- The Birth of Tragedy (Dover Thrift Editions) by Friedrich Nietzsche on page 49, and page 59
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- Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" (Eichmann: His Life and Crimes) by David Cesarani on 4 pages
- Israel's Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood (Cambridge Middle East Studies) by Idith Zertal in Front Matter, page 95, and Back Matter
- Israel: the First Hundred Years: Volume I: Israel's Transition from Community to State (Israeli History, Politics and Society) (v. 1) by Efraim Karsh in Front Matter, page 69, and Back Matter
- Breaking Crystal: MEMORY AND WRITING AFTER AUSCHWITZ by Efraim Sicher on page 74, and page 79
- After Eichmann: Collective Memory and Holocaust Since 1961 by David Cesarani in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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