Ofer Shiff
Biographic Data
| ID | 6368743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ofer Shiff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ofer |
| FAMILY NAME | Shiff |
| SIGNATURE | SHIFF O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Jewish Centrality of Israel
This article examines reactions in the Jewish Diaspora to the ways the Diaspora is viewed in Israel, especially with regard to the Israeli self-perception of Israel as the ultimate spiritual and religious center for its Diaspora. These ideas are explored using as a case study the 1958 ‘Who is a Jew?’ controversy and David Ben-Gurion’s famous correspondence with 51 ‘Jewish sages’ on the question of how to classify on an Israeli identity card a chi…
Diasporic stances, homeland prisms
This paper suggests that images and stances associated with the diaspora in the homeland culture offer a unique prism through which internal tensions in homeland collective identity may be dissected and understood. We believe it is worthwhile to broaden the spectrum of inquiry of recent research on quantifiable diaspora economic and political involvement in homeland nation-states to the inherently fluid, abstract realm of cultural representation.…
Pan-Jewish Solidarity and the Jewish Significance of Modern Israel
The focus of this article is the 1958 “Who is a Jew?” controversy and David Ben-Gurion’s inquiry into Jewishness leading intellectuals from Israel and the Diaspora regarding how to register a child born to a non-Jewish mother in the Israeli identity card. The article’s main claim is that this correspondence must be understood not only as reflecting a continuous struggle between diaspora and Israeli Jews or between Jews of various religious persua…
Early American Zionist Responses to the Israeli Demand for Aliya
In its larger framework, this article explores the American Jewish responses to an image of Israel as being essentially different, and perhaps superior, in its Jewish characteristics from the Jewish diaspora.1 Often, some Israeli speakers present this difference as one between an all-embracing Israeli Jewish vitality and a partial, artificial and stagnant, hyphenated diaspora Jewish existence.2 My goal is to suggest some basic patterns of America…
The influence of Abba Hillel Silver's diaspora Zionism on his decision not to immigrate to Israel
The option of aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel) poses a continuous challenge to any attempt to forge a diasporic version of Zionist ideology. This challenge grew twofold during the years immediately preceding and following the founding of the State of Israel. The article examines this challenge through the lens of Abba Hillel Silver, the leader of American Jewry during the period in question. While the Israeli leadership saw aliyah as a litmu…
Abba Hillel Silver and David Ben‐Gurion
During the years immediately preceding Israel's founding, Abba Hillel Silver was considered the most powerful leader of American Zionism. His leadership was viewed by numerous admirers as epitomising the yearning of the Jewish people after the Holocaust. However, almost immediately after Israel's foundation, he was relegated to the margins of Zionist politics; the more important reasons for this development being his status vis‐à‐vis the leader o…
The integrative function of early American Zionism
Abba Hillel Silver and David Ben‐Gurion
During the years immediately preceding Israel's founding, Abba Hillel Silver was considered the most powerful leader of American Zionism. His leadership was viewed by numerous admirers as epitomising the yearning of the Jewish people after the Holocaust. However, almost immediately after Israel's foundation, he was relegated to the margins of Zionist politics; the more important reasons for this development being his status vis‐à‐vis the leader o…
The integrative function of early American Zionism
Early American Zionist Responses to the Israeli Demand for Aliya
In its larger framework, this article explores the American Jewish responses to an image of Israel as being essentially different, and perhaps superior, in its Jewish characteristics from the Jewish diaspora.1 Often, some Israeli speakers present this difference as one between an all-embracing Israeli Jewish vitality and a partial, artificial and stagnant, hyphenated diaspora Jewish existence.2 My goal is to suggest some basic patterns of America…
The integrative function of early American Zionism
Abba Hillel Silver and David Ben‐Gurion
During the years immediately preceding Israel's founding, Abba Hillel Silver was considered the most powerful leader of American Zionism. His leadership was viewed by numerous admirers as epitomising the yearning of the Jewish people after the Holocaust. However, almost immediately after Israel's foundation, he was relegated to the margins of Zionist politics; the more important reasons for this development being his status vis‐à‐vis the leader o…
The influence of Abba Hillel Silver's diaspora Zionism on his decision not to immigrate to Israel
The option of aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel) poses a continuous challenge to any attempt to forge a diasporic version of Zionist ideology. This challenge grew twofold during the years immediately preceding and following the founding of the State of Israel. The article examines this challenge through the lens of Abba Hillel Silver, the leader of American Jewry during the period in question. While the Israeli leadership saw aliyah as a litmu…
Early American Zionist Responses to the Israeli Demand for Aliya
In its larger framework, this article explores the American Jewish responses to an image of Israel as being essentially different, and perhaps superior, in its Jewish characteristics from the Jewish diaspora.1 Often, some Israeli speakers present this difference as one between an all-embracing Israeli Jewish vitality and a partial, artificial and stagnant, hyphenated diaspora Jewish existence.2 My goal is to suggest some basic patterns of America…
Pan-Jewish Solidarity and the Jewish Significance of Modern Israel
The focus of this article is the 1958 “Who is a Jew?” controversy and David Ben-Gurion’s inquiry into Jewishness leading intellectuals from Israel and the Diaspora regarding how to register a child born to a non-Jewish mother in the Israeli identity card. The article’s main claim is that this correspondence must be understood not only as reflecting a continuous struggle between diaspora and Israeli Jews or between Jews of various religious persua…
Diasporic stances, homeland prisms
This paper suggests that images and stances associated with the diaspora in the homeland culture offer a unique prism through which internal tensions in homeland collective identity may be dissected and understood. We believe it is worthwhile to broaden the spectrum of inquiry of recent research on quantifiable diaspora economic and political involvement in homeland nation-states to the inherently fluid, abstract realm of cultural representation.…
The Jewish Centrality of Israel
This article examines reactions in the Jewish Diaspora to the ways the Diaspora is viewed in Israel, especially with regard to the Israeli self-perception of Israel as the ultimate spiritual and religious center for its Diaspora. These ideas are explored using as a case study the 1958 ‘Who is a Jew?’ controversy and David Ben-Gurion’s famous correspondence with 51 ‘Jewish sages’ on the question of how to classify on an Israeli identity card a chi…
Diaspora (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (4 works) · Judaism (4 works) · Law (4 works)