The Aging Of Grief: Parents' Grieving Of Israeli Soldiers

Malkinson, Ruth; Bar-Tur, Liora

doi:10.1080/10811440008409755

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“…Some maintain that people who resort to such behavior are affected by sociocultural variables. In the Israeli context, for example, it is claimed that society encourages extended grief (Malkinson & Bar-Tur, 2000), or, as Ginsburg et al (2002) note, Israel's bereaved parents are channeled toward ''perpetual grief'' (p. 586).…”

Section: Bereavement: Behavior and Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Parental Discourse and Activism as a Response to Bereavement of Fallen Sons and Civilian Terrorist Victims

Lebel¹,

Ronel²

2005

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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This study is a phenomenological exploration of bereavement among a population of Israeli parents who became demonstratively activist following the death of their offspring either as soldiers in the line of duty or as victims of terrorism. It illuminates how an anger-forgiveness continuum gives a politically charged significance to the bereavement experience regardless of party or ideological orientation. Strong nationalist identification with the armed forces is overlaid with intense personal emotions of guilt and blame assignment. Mourning as a career may follow pathological or normative courses. Political leaders emerge who mobilize similarly situated mourners to protest against military and civilian policy related to the perceived nexus between security matters and the personal loss. The dynamic between factors which assuage personal needs and simultaneously endanger national consensus regarding the performance of leading state institutions-the government and the defense establishment-is underlined in the conditions which both facilitate and impair any transition from anger to reconciliation.The chief identifying feature of warfare and terror is the claiming of human lives. The recent increase in worldwide terror and the persistence of war repeatedly evoke the victims' pain as a topic of general social interest. The dead are silent forever, but their families, who suffer the anguish of loss, occupy a key position in public

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Section: Bereavement: Behavior and Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 96%

Parental Discourse and Activism as a Response to Bereavement of Fallen Sons and Civilian Terrorist Victims

Lebel¹,

Ronel²

2005

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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“…For both communities (especially after exhumations began to take place in 2005), the demand for the return of the remains has been nationalized and has turned the missing into national martyrs. Findings from similar studies conducted in countries in which exhumations of missing have taken place in the aftermath of war (e.g., Bosnia, Argentina, Guatemala) also show that state authorities and communities can encourage extended grief (Malkinson and Bar-Tur 2000) or facilitate the process of mourning by providing the bereaved with social recognition of their loss (Pollack 2003)-one such mechanism in both cases is turning the missing into "heroes" (Robben 2000).…”

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confidence: 88%

Mourning and Forgiveness as Sites of Reconciliation Pedagogies

Zembylas

2011

Bioethical Inquiry

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This paper explores mourning and forgiveness not simply as sources of existential, political, or emotional meaning, but primarily as possible sites of reconciliation pedagogies. Reconciliation pedagogies are public and school pedagogical practices that examine how certain ideas can enrich our thinking and action toward reconciliation-not through a moralistic agenda but through an approach that views such ideas both constructively and critically. Mourning and forgiveness may constitute valuable points of departure for reconciliation pedagogies, if common pain is acknowledged as an important aspect of rehumanizing the "enemy-other." This work is difficult and the wider society may be skeptical; however, such work is about assisting a "never again" mentality develop in schools and civil society.

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“…Wheeler's (1998^1999) study on the role of linking objects in parental bereavement reports that, contrary to Volkan's view of linking objects as indicators of pathological grief, linking objects are meaningful in the process of shaping the memory of the dead child, a normal expression of a relationship with the deceased over time (Klass, Silverman, & Nickman,1996;Malkinson & Bar-Tur, 2000;Witztum & Roman, 2000).…”

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Battling the Black Sea Despair: Cross-Cultural Consultation Following an Air Disaster

Malkinson

2003

Journal of Loss and Trauma

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With the increasing number of man-made traumatic losses around the world, there seems to be a sense of global vulnerability and a need for suitable intervention programs. Consultation with professionals on traumatic loss interventions (including the scenario of unrecovered bodies) is one of many ways to assist and support communities in times of mass disaster.This article describes a working seminar for professionals in Novosibirsk, Former Soviet Union, a community that suffered a traumatic loss following an air disaster, with special focus on cultural di¡erences.On October 4, 2001, a plane was shot down on its way fromTel Aviv, Israel, to Novosibirsk in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) by Ukraine during a naval exercise. Seventy-eight people (crewmembers and passengers) lost their lives when the plane crashed into the Black Sea. Only 15 bodies or parts of bodies were recovered from the sea. Most of the families who were noti¢ed of the disaster faced a traumatic loss with no bodies to mourn. Remembrance rituals turned out to be of special signi¢cance. There was much anger from Israelis and Russians alike toward the Ukraine authorities, who tried to avoid taking responsibility for the disaster. This anger did not subside even after the Ukraine foreign minister announced his government's responsibility, expressed sorrow, and promised to investigate the circumstances of the disaster and pay compensation.Realizing the traumatic impact of the disaster on both Israeli and Russian families, two Jewish organizations, the American Jewish Joint

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The Aging Of Grief: Parents' Grieving Of Israeli Soldiers

Cited by 19 publications

References 21 publications

Parental Discourse and Activism as a Response to Bereavement of Fallen Sons and Civilian Terrorist Victims

Parental Discourse and Activism as a Response to Bereavement of Fallen Sons and Civilian Terrorist Victims

Mourning and Forgiveness as Sites of Reconciliation Pedagogies

Battling the Black Sea Despair: Cross-Cultural Consultation Following an Air Disaster

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