Jewish Peoplehood and the Jewish State, How Unique?—A Comparative Survey

Yakobson, Alexander

doi:10.2979/isr.2008.13.2.1

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“…Third, in contrast to much research regarding diaspora politics in Political Science and International Relations, this study has examined selective and personalized transnational mobilization, rather than collective and mass mobilization. Some scholars consider certain aspects of the Zionist national movement's diasporic experience unique or unusual (Dieckhoff, 2017;Sheffer, 2005;Smith, 1995;Yakobson, 2008). While we agree in some respects with this claim, we find that insights from the Israeli/Zionist case regarding attempts to cultivate a 'scientific diaspora' may apply to other instances of nuclear proliferation, such as in China and Pakistan.…”

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“…Some scholars consider certain aspects of the Zionist national movement’s diasporic experience unique or unusual ( Dieckhoff, 2017 ; Sheffer, 2005 ; Smith, 1995 ; Yakobson, 2008 ). While we agree in some respects with this claim, we find that insights from the Israeli/Zionist case regarding attempts to cultivate a ‘scientific diaspora’ may apply to other instances of nuclear proliferation, such as in China and Pakistan.…”

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Imagining a ‘Jewish atom bomb’, constructing a scientific diaspora

Rabinowitz

Abramson

2022

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The nexus between transnational mobilization and Science and Technology Studies (STS) offers a productive platform for studying the formation of scientific activism, the influence of mobilization on scientific developments, and the ways science is used to achieve government goals. Integrating concepts from both sets of literature – particularly national sociotechnical imaginaries and socio-spatial positionality – this article explores how Dr Chaim Weizmann, a prominent chemist and a Zionist leader, attempted to construct and mobilize a ‘scientific diaspora’. Empirically, the article draws on new archival evidence, revealing the hitherto unknown early efforts of the Zionist movement to acquire nuclear reactor and utilize the Jewish involvement in the American nuclear project for political leverage abroad. Theoretically, rather than beginning the analysis with a scientific-diasporic network that was ready to be mobilized, we trace the selective and tailored practices employed by Weizmann to animate the Jewish connection among nuclear scientists and professionals.

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Imagining a ‘Jewish atom bomb’, constructing a scientific diaspora

Rabinowitz

Abramson

2022

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“…(Yemini, Bar-Nissan, and Yardeni 2014, Zembylas andBekerman 2008) Site bound historical relativity has been previously examined by a variety of academics. 7(Silverman 2015);(Krauss 2005);(Alexander 2005(Alexander , 2006 8(Alexander 1986);(Bekerman and Maoz 2005);(Yakobson 2008) 9(Sasson et al 2008, Saxe and Boxer 2012, Saxe, Sasson, and Hecht 2006 …”

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A study of experiential learning features in two departments at Haifa University International School: Jewish Studies and Israel Studies

Mayer

2018

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This study examines the student cohorts of the Haifa University International School departments of Jewish Studies and Israel Studies. Specifically addressed will be subject content that is not directly named or expressed within the curricula of courses offered, but nonetheless constitutes approximately 25%-30% of student course time. These are experientially guided encounters dispersed throughout the multiple courses offered, but while unique, this aspect of learning has hitherto remained unidentified, not quantitated, nor in any manner recognized as a significant teaching and learning experience. Underlying the students' encounter with these programs are issues of culture and identity. One way of saying this would be, the study of a moment when Jewish [Israel] peoplehood meets a transnational peoplehood. One of the basic elements guiding the study is the long held belief and conviction that Israel is the land of the Jews from Biblical times onward. Thus the visiting of many sites, monuments, landmarks and even settlements-old and new-is a uniquely different experience from similar activities in other programs and other countries. Here in these study programs which are all within the scope of the discipline of history, the students gain a palpable encounter with their subject matter and during their stay in Israel they are experiencing an annual cycle of holidays and festivals that conform to biblical history as well as the nation building narrative of their host land.

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Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective

Soper

Fetzer

2018

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Jewish Peoplehood and the Jewish State, How Unique?—A Comparative Survey

Cited by 21 publications

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Imagining a ‘Jewish atom bomb’, constructing a scientific diaspora

Imagining a ‘Jewish atom bomb’, constructing a scientific diaspora

A study of experiential learning features in two departments at Haifa University International School: Jewish Studies and Israel Studies

Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective

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