Chen Bram

Biographic Data

ID4440674
NAMEChen Bram
GIVEN NAMESChen
FAMILY NAMEBram
SIGNATUREBRAM C
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Behavioral Studies, Hadassah Academic College, and Truman Institute, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
ORCID0000-0003-3529-3942
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Local identity and intergroup relations

    Chen BramARTICLECentral Asian Survey2025Cited by: 1References: 24

    This paper examines Jewish-Muslim relations in Uzbekistan’s Ferghana Valley from the end of World War II to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, when most of the local Jewish population emigrated. A historical-anthropological examination of Jews and their Muslim neighbours sheds light on connections between ‘locality’ and intergroup relations. This study contributes to a broader understanding of Jewish-Muslim relations, as well as relations be…

  • Intergroup relations and immigration

    Chen BramARTICLEJournal of Modern Jewish Studies2025References: 3

  • Jews of the Caucasus

    Tsypylma Darieva, Darja Klingenberg et al.ARTICLEJournal of Modern Jewish Studies2025References: 1

  • The Jew in the mosque

    Chen BramARTICLEJournal of Modern Jewish Studies2022References: 7

    Jewish life in Muslim societies has historically been part of the broader public spheres and everyday experiences. Religious spheres and rituals, on the other hand, seem to signal separation: in short, Muslims go to their mosques, Jews to their synagogues. So, can a Jew find himself in a mosque? And what happens when he encounters Muslims there? This article explores narratives of Jewish experiences in two different Shi’ite surroundings: in Iran …

  • From Sufism to Universal Vision

    Chen Bram, Meir HatinaARTICLEJournal of Sufi Studies2014

    This article examines aspects of cultural exchange between the Middle East and the West in which Sufism, Christianity, the traditions of the Circassians and New Age concepts played a central role. It focuses on the teaching of Murat Yagan, of Abkhaz-Circassian origin who grew up in Turkey and immigrated to Canada in the 1960s, where he developed his philosophy, Ahmsta Kebzeh (“the knowledge of the art of living”). The Kebzeh way of life emphasize…

  • Spirituality under the Shadow of the Conflict

    Chen BramARTICLEIsraeli Studies Review2014References: 8

    This article describes the new “field” of Sufi ideas and practices in Israeli Jewish society and analyzes the mutual relations between new Western Sufi influences and traditional Sufi orders of the Middle East. It focuses on the role of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this evolving field. While the current rise of interest in spirituality is often described as emphasizing an apolitical approach, the evolving Sufi field in Israel is an example…

  • Radical Islamism, Traditional Islam and Ethno-Nationalism in the Northern Caucasus

    Chen Bram, Moshe GammerARTICLEMiddle Eastern Studies2013Cited by: 5

    This study examines the interplay between Islam and collective identity and their position in potential conflicts by exploring the dynamics of Islam, ethno-nationalism and civic society within different parts of the Northern Caucasus. Historical and anthropological approaches are used for a comparative analysis of Daghestan and Chechnya in the east and of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachai-Cherkesia in the west. The study demonstrates the importance…

  • Influencing Social Policy to Recognize Cultural Diversity

    Chen BramARTICLEPracticing Anthropology2006

    In this article I examine my involvement in influencing Israeli social policy in order to recognize cultural diversity among immigrants by changing the basic assumptions towards immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU). Initially, a unanimous approach, which saw all immigrants as

  • Muslim revivalism and the emergence of civic society. A case study of an Israeli-Circassian community

    Chen BramARTICLECentral Asian Survey2003References: 2

    (2003). Muslim revivalism and the emergence of civic society. A case study of an Israeli-Circassian community. Central Asian Survey: Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 5-21

  • Circassian Israelis

    Isabelle Kreindler, Marsha Bensoussan et al.ARTICLELanguage Culture and Curriculum1995Cited by: 3References: 4

    The Circassian community in Israel, though one of the smallest in the diaspora (about 3000), is also one of the most successful in preserving its national identity and language, while at the same time integrating into Israeli life. We have recently launched a multi‐disciplinary study of this unique community in Israel, which we hope will become part of a broader study of Circassian communities both in the diaspora (Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Germany …