Langbeschreibung
An historical ethnography, this book aims to illustrate not only the critical role the Yishuv played in the emergence of a modern Israeli society, but also the degree to which the Yishuv was representative of broad streams of Jewish culture.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: Why the Old Yishuv? -- Relic: Jerusalem at the Start of the Nineteenth Century -- The Sephardis -- Ashkenazi Days of Trial -- 1840: Disappointments, Disarray, and a New Start -- The Europeanization of Jerusalem -- The Ashkenazis Break Away -- "Schools! Schools!" -- The Nahalat Shiva Generation -- Frumkin and the Rise of the Havatzelet Camp -- Meah she'arim -- Toward the "New" Yishuv -- Ben-Yehuda: Beyond the Haskala to Political Zionism -- The Other Side of the Yishuv: Sephardis and Middle Eastern Jews -- The End of an Era -- Epilogue