Shlomo A Deshen
Biographic Data
| ID | 251168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shlomo A Deshen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shlomo A |
| FAMILY NAME | Deshen |
| SIGNATURE | DESHEN S A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Jews among Muslims: Communities in the Precolonial Middle East
The Emergence of the Israeli Sephardi Ultra-Orthodox Movement
A salient feature of social change among Israeli Sephardim in the past half century is the fading of particular identities rooted in disparate countries of origin. Currently, the fact that some individuals may be of Tunisian background and others, say, of Moroccan, Tripolitanian, or Persian origin is of much less importance to them than it was decades ago in the generation of mass immigration to Israel. The particular identities rooted in countri…
Immigrant Voters in Israel
Israel Voters in Israel. Parties and Congregations in a Local Election
Ethnicity and Citizenship in the Ritual of an Israeli Synagogue
Tension between citizenship and ethnicity is expressed in an Israeli ethnic synagogue by changes in ritual and symbolism. The symbolic expression of these changes relates worshippers of the synagogue, who are recent immigrants to Israel, to their new heterogenous environment. Analysis of the changes in symbols demonstrates that the referential aspects have expanded, consistent with alterations in traditional relationships. The reinterpreted symbo…
On Religious Change: The Situational Analysis of Symbolic Action
In recent years I have been engaged in research in the social anthropology of religion. In the course of investigating the changing religious beliefs and practices of Jewish immigrants in Israel from rural Tunisia and Morocco I initially sought to conceptualize the phenomena encountered in terms of 'secularization'. This study is a consequence of the problems that arose
Conflict and Social Change: The Case of an Israeli Village1
Conflict and Social Change: The Case of an Israeli VillageSome aspects of a village of immigrants from the island of Djerba (Tunisia) in Israel are described. The village is of the moshav type where Israeli authorities endeavour to transform immigrant groups into cooperative farming communities, a situation of directed change. The particular village under discussion poses a sociological question: although efforts to introduce agriculture have lar…
The Emergence of the Israeli Sephardi Ultra-Orthodox Movement
A salient feature of social change among Israeli Sephardim in the past half century is the fading of particular identities rooted in disparate countries of origin. Currently, the fact that some individuals may be of Tunisian background and others, say, of Moroccan, Tripolitanian, or Persian origin is of much less importance to them than it was decades ago in the generation of mass immigration to Israel. The particular identities rooted in countri…
On Religious Change: The Situational Analysis of Symbolic Action
In recent years I have been engaged in research in the social anthropology of religion. In the course of investigating the changing religious beliefs and practices of Jewish immigrants in Israel from rural Tunisia and Morocco I initially sought to conceptualize the phenomena encountered in terms of 'secularization'. This study is a consequence of the problems that arose
Conflict and Social Change: The Case of an Israeli Village1
Conflict and Social Change: The Case of an Israeli VillageSome aspects of a village of immigrants from the island of Djerba (Tunisia) in Israel are described. The village is of the moshav type where Israeli authorities endeavour to transform immigrant groups into cooperative farming communities, a situation of directed change. The particular village under discussion poses a sociological question: although efforts to introduce agriculture have lar…
Ethnicity and Citizenship in the Ritual of an Israeli Synagogue
Tension between citizenship and ethnicity is expressed in an Israeli ethnic synagogue by changes in ritual and symbolism. The symbolic expression of these changes relates worshippers of the synagogue, who are recent immigrants to Israel, to their new heterogenous environment. Analysis of the changes in symbols demonstrates that the referential aspects have expanded, consistent with alterations in traditional relationships. The reinterpreted symbo…
Conflict and Social Change: The Case of an Israeli Village1
Conflict and Social Change: The Case of an Israeli VillageSome aspects of a village of immigrants from the island of Djerba (Tunisia) in Israel are described. The village is of the moshav type where Israeli authorities endeavour to transform immigrant groups into cooperative farming communities, a situation of directed change. The particular village under discussion poses a sociological question: although efforts to introduce agriculture have lar…
On Religious Change: The Situational Analysis of Symbolic Action
In recent years I have been engaged in research in the social anthropology of religion. In the course of investigating the changing religious beliefs and practices of Jewish immigrants in Israel from rural Tunisia and Morocco I initially sought to conceptualize the phenomena encountered in terms of 'secularization'. This study is a consequence of the problems that arose
Israel Voters in Israel. Parties and Congregations in a Local Election
Ethnicity and Citizenship in the Ritual of an Israeli Synagogue
Tension between citizenship and ethnicity is expressed in an Israeli ethnic synagogue by changes in ritual and symbolism. The symbolic expression of these changes relates worshippers of the synagogue, who are recent immigrants to Israel, to their new heterogenous environment. Analysis of the changes in symbols demonstrates that the referential aspects have expanded, consistent with alterations in traditional relationships. The reinterpreted symbo…
Immigrant Voters in Israel
The Emergence of the Israeli Sephardi Ultra-Orthodox Movement
A salient feature of social change among Israeli Sephardim in the past half century is the fading of particular identities rooted in disparate countries of origin. Currently, the fact that some individuals may be of Tunisian background and others, say, of Moroccan, Tripolitanian, or Persian origin is of much less importance to them than it was decades ago in the generation of mass immigration to Israel. The particular identities rooted in countri…
Jews among Muslims: Communities in the Precolonial Middle East
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Immigration (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works)