Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229892 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lilach |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenberg-Friedman |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENBERG-FRIEDMAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8734-0806 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
National mission or a ‘civilizing mission’? Birthrates, perceptions, and East–West relations in Mandatory Palestine
This article examines how birthrates shaped power dynamics relations and Orientalist discourse in Mandatory Palestine (1918–1948). While a Zionist leadership sought a Jewish demographic majority, it also aimed for a Western-oriented society. Mizrahi Jews, with higher fertility than Ashkenazim, were both a demographic asset and a cultural challenge, fueling anxieties of ‘Orientalization’. The Yishuv’s leadership promoted a unified fertility norm: …
Saving and failing
Children as pawns on the national Chess board
The article examines how nationalism shapes perceptions of childhood and defines the role of children in a national struggle, and the challenges of implementing these perceptions during wartime, while explores the evacuation of children during the Israeli War of Independence (1948) as a case study. While nationalism played a central role in shaping the society's perceptions of children's roles, practical constraints and other perceptions exerted …
Women, Immigration, and National Identity
Notes1 While some of these had children, this article focuses on the spouses themselves, in particular the non-Jewish wives.2 Although new immigrants frequently produced newspapers in their native tongue as a way of preserving their original culture, spatial considerations constrain me from addressing these herein (Elżbieta Kossewska, "Nowiny-Hadaszot: The Absorption of Polish Jews in Israel," Israel, vol. 17, 2010, pp. 170‒71 [Hebrew]).3 The pro…
The impact of the diaspora on family life in the Yishuv (1920-1948)
Rejection alongside an embrace characterized the Yishuv's attitude toward the diaspora, as shall be evidenced by the test cases discussed in this article. The concept of the 'negation of the diaspora' served as a central axis around which the Zionist leadership sought to organize Jewish society in Mandatory Palestine. Its implementation, however, proved to be a challenge. The majority of the population were immigrants who brought with them the vi…
Religious-Zionism and Gender
Religious-Zionism and Gender:70 Years of Redefining the Identity of Women in the Military, Religious, and Public Spheres Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman (bio) On 13 May 1948, the day before the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel and at the height of the War of Independence, 39 young Religious-Zionist women from the Gush Etzion kibbutzim, mostly single, but also some married women and mothers, serving as medics, coordinators, and gu…
David Ben-Gurion and the ‘Demographic Threat’
This article illuminates one of the many facet of Ben-Gurion's leadership that had an impact on his public image – his stance on fertility and childbirth, during the years 1936–63. The article outlining Ben-Gurion's thoughts on the birthrate in Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel, analyse the developments in his views over the years and the reasons for it. His perception of the Jewish national importance of boosting the birthrate grew ove…
Nationalism, Gender and Feminine Identity
The last three years of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1945–48, were peak years in the Jewish national struggle for the establishment of a Jewish state and the formation of a progressive society peopled by new Hebrew men and women. This article discusses the historical phenomenon of Zionist women in Palestine who were sent to Europe on special missions to rescue Holocaust survivors and bring them to Palestine. Their stories shed light on the …
National Mission, Feminine Identity and Female Leadership in a Mythical Masculine Organization
I also thank Professor Margalit Shilo for her good advice
Wedding Ceremony, Religion, and Tradition
The complex approach of the Yishuv to religion and tradition was articulated in the matter of marriage rites. On the one hand, wedding ceremonies were seen as an expression of Diaspora social values that the Yishuv wished to renounce, while, on the other hand, such occasions were viewed as having national and collective significance. The decision made by Ada Shertok and Eliyahu Golomb not to have a wedding ceremony in May 1922 aroused a fierce de…
Traditional revolution
This article compares marriage patterns in the formative years of the religious kibbutz movement (1929–1948) with those in secular kibbutzim at that time. It explores how members of religious kibbutzim, who adopted many of the revolutionary values embraced by secular kibbutzim, dealt with the issue of marriage while maintaining their religious way of life. This problem serves as a case study for understanding the unique complexities that arise wh…
Nationalism, Gender and Religious Education
In 1942, in British Mandate Palestine, six religious young Jewish women initiated an innovative religious school for girls, the ulpana. Although the effort ultimately Med, the desire that led to its establishment demonstrates a deep longing among these young women for religious education. In Israel today, a growing number of religious girls and women also seek in-depth knowledge of Judaism within educational frameworks. This article suggests that…
The Nationalization of Motherhood and the Stretching of its Boundaries
This article examines perceptions of motherhood as they developed during the late 1940s in the midst of the national struggle for independence in Eretz Israel (Palestine). It considers two case studies in which mothers who were ‘recruited’ by the emerging nation were temporarily separated from their children. The first case concerns women emissaries (Shelihot) who were called to help in Jewish refugee camps in Europe after the Holocaust. The seco…
The Complex Identity of Religious-Zionist Women in Pre-State Israel, 1921-1948
The article focuses on the identity of the new religious-Zionist woman who emerged during the years of the British Mandate during a short-lived "window of opportunity" that admitted new perceptions of femininity and the establishment of new gender relations. Religious women, like other women in the Yishuv, sought a part in the national endeavor, but their entry into the male arena placed women, in particular, and religious-Zionist society, in gen…
Religious-Zionism and Gender
Religious-Zionism and Gender:70 Years of Redefining the Identity of Women in the Military, Religious, and Public Spheres Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman (bio) On 13 May 1948, the day before the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel and at the height of the War of Independence, 39 young Religious-Zionist women from the Gush Etzion kibbutzim, mostly single, but also some married women and mothers, serving as medics, coordinators, and gu…
David Ben-Gurion and the ‘Demographic Threat’
This article illuminates one of the many facet of Ben-Gurion's leadership that had an impact on his public image – his stance on fertility and childbirth, during the years 1936–63. The article outlining Ben-Gurion's thoughts on the birthrate in Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel, analyse the developments in his views over the years and the reasons for it. His perception of the Jewish national importance of boosting the birthrate grew ove…
The Nationalization of Motherhood and the Stretching of its Boundaries
This article examines perceptions of motherhood as they developed during the late 1940s in the midst of the national struggle for independence in Eretz Israel (Palestine). It considers two case studies in which mothers who were ‘recruited’ by the emerging nation were temporarily separated from their children. The first case concerns women emissaries (Shelihot) who were called to help in Jewish refugee camps in Europe after the Holocaust. The seco…
The impact of the diaspora on family life in the Yishuv (1920-1948)
Rejection alongside an embrace characterized the Yishuv's attitude toward the diaspora, as shall be evidenced by the test cases discussed in this article. The concept of the 'negation of the diaspora' served as a central axis around which the Zionist leadership sought to organize Jewish society in Mandatory Palestine. Its implementation, however, proved to be a challenge. The majority of the population were immigrants who brought with them the vi…
The Complex Identity of Religious-Zionist Women in Pre-State Israel, 1921-1948
The article focuses on the identity of the new religious-Zionist woman who emerged during the years of the British Mandate during a short-lived "window of opportunity" that admitted new perceptions of femininity and the establishment of new gender relations. Religious women, like other women in the Yishuv, sought a part in the national endeavor, but their entry into the male arena placed women, in particular, and religious-Zionist society, in gen…
The Complex Identity of Religious-Zionist Women in Pre-State Israel, 1921-1948
The article focuses on the identity of the new religious-Zionist woman who emerged during the years of the British Mandate during a short-lived "window of opportunity" that admitted new perceptions of femininity and the establishment of new gender relations. Religious women, like other women in the Yishuv, sought a part in the national endeavor, but their entry into the male arena placed women, in particular, and religious-Zionist society, in gen…
The Nationalization of Motherhood and the Stretching of its Boundaries
This article examines perceptions of motherhood as they developed during the late 1940s in the midst of the national struggle for independence in Eretz Israel (Palestine). It considers two case studies in which mothers who were ‘recruited’ by the emerging nation were temporarily separated from their children. The first case concerns women emissaries (Shelihot) who were called to help in Jewish refugee camps in Europe after the Holocaust. The seco…
Nationalism, Gender and Religious Education
In 1942, in British Mandate Palestine, six religious young Jewish women initiated an innovative religious school for girls, the ulpana. Although the effort ultimately Med, the desire that led to its establishment demonstrates a deep longing among these young women for religious education. In Israel today, a growing number of religious girls and women also seek in-depth knowledge of Judaism within educational frameworks. This article suggests that…
Wedding Ceremony, Religion, and Tradition
The complex approach of the Yishuv to religion and tradition was articulated in the matter of marriage rites. On the one hand, wedding ceremonies were seen as an expression of Diaspora social values that the Yishuv wished to renounce, while, on the other hand, such occasions were viewed as having national and collective significance. The decision made by Ada Shertok and Eliyahu Golomb not to have a wedding ceremony in May 1922 aroused a fierce de…
Traditional revolution
This article compares marriage patterns in the formative years of the religious kibbutz movement (1929–1948) with those in secular kibbutzim at that time. It explores how members of religious kibbutzim, who adopted many of the revolutionary values embraced by secular kibbutzim, dealt with the issue of marriage while maintaining their religious way of life. This problem serves as a case study for understanding the unique complexities that arise wh…
Nationalism, Gender and Feminine Identity
The last three years of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1945–48, were peak years in the Jewish national struggle for the establishment of a Jewish state and the formation of a progressive society peopled by new Hebrew men and women. This article discusses the historical phenomenon of Zionist women in Palestine who were sent to Europe on special missions to rescue Holocaust survivors and bring them to Palestine. Their stories shed light on the …
National Mission, Feminine Identity and Female Leadership in a Mythical Masculine Organization
I also thank Professor Margalit Shilo for her good advice
David Ben-Gurion and the ‘Demographic Threat’
This article illuminates one of the many facet of Ben-Gurion's leadership that had an impact on his public image – his stance on fertility and childbirth, during the years 1936–63. The article outlining Ben-Gurion's thoughts on the birthrate in Mandatory Palestine and the State of Israel, analyse the developments in his views over the years and the reasons for it. His perception of the Jewish national importance of boosting the birthrate grew ove…
Religious-Zionism and Gender
Religious-Zionism and Gender:70 Years of Redefining the Identity of Women in the Military, Religious, and Public Spheres Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman (bio) On 13 May 1948, the day before the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel and at the height of the War of Independence, 39 young Religious-Zionist women from the Gush Etzion kibbutzim, mostly single, but also some married women and mothers, serving as medics, coordinators, and gu…
The impact of the diaspora on family life in the Yishuv (1920-1948)
Rejection alongside an embrace characterized the Yishuv's attitude toward the diaspora, as shall be evidenced by the test cases discussed in this article. The concept of the 'negation of the diaspora' served as a central axis around which the Zionist leadership sought to organize Jewish society in Mandatory Palestine. Its implementation, however, proved to be a challenge. The majority of the population were immigrants who brought with them the vi…
Children as pawns on the national Chess board
The article examines how nationalism shapes perceptions of childhood and defines the role of children in a national struggle, and the challenges of implementing these perceptions during wartime, while explores the evacuation of children during the Israeli War of Independence (1948) as a case study. While nationalism played a central role in shaping the society's perceptions of children's roles, practical constraints and other perceptions exerted …
Women, Immigration, and National Identity
Notes1 While some of these had children, this article focuses on the spouses themselves, in particular the non-Jewish wives.2 Although new immigrants frequently produced newspapers in their native tongue as a way of preserving their original culture, spatial considerations constrain me from addressing these herein (Elżbieta Kossewska, "Nowiny-Hadaszot: The Absorption of Polish Jews in Israel," Israel, vol. 17, 2010, pp. 170‒71 [Hebrew]).3 The pro…
Saving and failing
National mission or a ‘civilizing mission’? Birthrates, perceptions, and East–West relations in Mandatory Palestine
This article examines how birthrates shaped power dynamics relations and Orientalist discourse in Mandatory Palestine (1918–1948). While a Zionist leadership sought a Jewish demographic majority, it also aimed for a Western-oriented society. Mizrahi Jews, with higher fertility than Ashkenazim, were both a demographic asset and a cultural challenge, fueling anxieties of ‘Orientalization’. The Yishuv’s leadership promoted a unified fertility norm: …
Sociology (13 works) · Gender Studies (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (9 works) · Law (9 works) · History (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works)