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New immigrants to Israel living in the southern town of Dimona study Hebrew at a state-sponsored ulpan, January 12, 1955. (Moshe Pridan/GPO)
The new Hebrew language schools challenging Zionist narratives
How does language shape reality? How does reality shape language? Welcome to the postmodern discourse, where several new Hebrew-language programs are embracing critical pedagogy to leverage social change. By Laura Selz Only a century ago, Jews in Jerusalem spoke French, Yiddish or Arabic, that is, until a few devoted secular Zionists like Eliezer Ben-Yehuda re-invented…
By +972 Magazine June 18, 2016
'Haaretz' newspaper (Photo: Hmbr/Wikimedia/CC)
A reluctant reader: ‘Haaretz,’ paywalls and liberal Zionism
One Palestinian journalist’s meditation on being forced to pay for Haaretz, the only paper he can rely on, but one that also espouses a nationalist ideology he cannot accept. ‘I’m fated to be a reluctant reader — and a reluctant citizen.’ By Hakim Bishara It’s morning and I desperately need the news. Where I live,…
By +972 Magazine April 29, 2013
For European author, Hebrew culture existed outside Zionism
Where is the center of Jewish identity? Israel or the Diaspora? Can we have a thriving Hebrew language and culture without a Jewish majority country? World Jewry seems to be standing at a critical junction in history. While more than half of us still remain in the Diaspora, intermarriage will probably tip the balance towards…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat April 29, 2012
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