Holidays of the Revolution: Communist Identity in Israel, 1919-1965 by Amir Lock

Description: Holidays of the Revolution by Amir Locker-Biletzki Shows how Israeli Communists developed a distinctive national identity outside the boundaries of Zionism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Holidays of the Revolution explores a little-known chapter in the history of Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel: the Israeli Communist Party and its youth movement, which posed a radical challenge to Zionism. Amir Locker-Biletzki examines the development of this movement from 1919 to 1965, concentrating on how Communists built a distinctive identity through myth and ritual. He addresses three key themes: identity construction through Jewish holidays (Hanukkah and Passover), through civic holidays (Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israeli Independence Day), and through Soviet and working-class myths and ceremonies (May Day and the October Revolution). He also shows how Jewish Communists viewed, interacted, and celebrated with their Palestinian comrades. Using extensive archival and newspaper sources, Locker-Biletzki argues that Jewish-Israeli Communists created a unique, dissident subculture. Simultaneously negating and absorbing the culture of Socialist-Zionism and Israeli Republicanism—as well as Soviet and left-wing–European traditions—Jewish Communists forged an Israeli identity beyond the bounds of Zionism. Author Biography Amir Locker-Biletzki is an Affiliated Researcher at the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and a Balsillie School Fellow at the University of Waterloo. Table of Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Basic Concepts and Political Ritual2. The Creation of a Jewish Progressive Tradition3. Holocaust, Independence, and Remembrance in Israeli Communist Commemoration4. Workers Utopia and Reality in Israeli Communism5. Revolution and the Soviet Union among Israeli Communists6. Jewish-Arab Fraternity: Language, Perception, Symbol, and RitualConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex Review "…this book is a welcome addition to historiography of Jewish Communists in the Yishuv and Israel and in the Middle East and North Africa region more broadly, and will be useful to scholars seeking to understand cultural practices of Communism." — H-Net Reviews (H-Judaic)"Locker-Biletzki provides us with a serious and well-crafted history of Jewish, and Arab and Jewish Communists in Israel who had another national vision, who were trying to forge a different project for Jewish national identity in Israel in the years before the states founding." — +972 Magazine"This book draws on interesting research, interviews, and publications to tell a hitherto unpublished story of Israeli history." — Colin Shindler, author of A History of Israel, Second Edition Long Description Holidays of the Revolution explores a little-known chapter in the history of Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel: the Israeli Communist Party and its youth movement, which posed a radical challenge to Zionism. Amir Locker-Biletzki examines the development of this movement from 1919 to 1965, concentrating on how Communists built a distinctive identity through myth and ritual. He addresses three key themes: identity construction through Jewish holidays (Hanukkah and Passover), through civic holidays (Holocaust Remembrance Day and Israeli Independence Day), and through Soviet and working-class myths and ceremonies (May Day and the October Revolution). He also shows how Jewish Communists viewed, interacted, and celebrated with their Palestinian comrades. Using extensive archival and newspaper sources, Locker-Biletzki argues that Jewish-Israeli Communists created a unique, dissident subculture. Simultaneously negating and absorbing the culture of Socialist-Zionism and Israeli Republicanism--as well as Soviet and left-wing-European traditions--Jewish Communists forged an Israeli identity beyond the bounds of Zionism. Review Quote "This book draws on interesting research, interviews, and publications to tell a hitherto unpublished story of Israeli history." -- Colin Shindler, author of A History of Israel, Second Edition Details ISBN1438480857 Author Amir Locker-Biletzki Publisher State University of New York Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1438480857 ISBN-13 9781438480855 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-12-01 Pages 226 Imprint State University of New York Press Place of Publication Albany, NY Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2020-12-01 NZ Release Date 2020-12-01 US Release Date 2020-12-01 UK Release Date 2020-12-01 Subtitle Communist Identity in Israel, 1919-1965 Illustrations Total Illustrations: 14 Alternative 9781438480862 DEWEY 335.4309569409041 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159575826;

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