Review of Constructing Ethnic Identities: Immigration, Festivals and Syncretism by Rachel Sharaby
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In Constructing Ethnic Identities: Immigration, Festivals and Syncretism, Rachel Sharaby offers a meticulous examination of the processes through which immigrant Jewish communities in Israel that are perceived as minorities reconstruct their traditions and folklore.In doing so, they aim to assert their ethnic identities and integrate into mainstream Israeli society in an attempt to move toward its center.The book documents ethnic political activism in Israel since the 1960s
Source: Journal of Festive Studies
Author: Jacqueline Laznow
Institution: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Language: English
Topic: Jewish Identity and Society
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4416664781
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