Moshe Naor
Biographic Data
| ID | 807520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moshe Naor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moshe |
| FAMILY NAME | Naor |
| SIGNATURE | NAOR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0153-2100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Trapped Neighborhoods, Trapped Identities
Using the concept of “trapped neighborhoods,” this paper focuses on two impoverished neighborhoods between the years 1949 and 1967 that were a symbol of Mizraḥi protest in Israel: Wadi Salib in Haifa and Musrara in Jerusalem. We consider their residents as not only people living in the margins of the city but also as communities that were trapped within the cultural, social and geographical margins on the border of the Arab existence and recent p…
Entangled histories in Palestine/Israel
The Emergence of a Sephardi Intelligentsia in Haifa During the Late Ottoman Period
This article discusses the emergence of a circle of Sephardi intellectuals in Haifa in the final years of the Ottoman era and examines their characteristics as Arabic-speaking Jews, who engaged in both educational and political activities. Among other aspects, the article will consider the background to the emergence of this circle among families of Arabic-speaking migrants from the Maghreb. The members of the Sephardi intelligentsia also grew up…
The Children of Wadi Salib and the 1959 Moroccan Jewish Protest in Haifa
This article examines the Wadi Salib protest that erupted in Haifa in the summer of 1959 against the background of the history of the children in the neighborhood during the 1950s. One of the main causes of the protest, which was led by Jewish migrants from Morocco, was the educational and social condition of the children in Wadi Salib. During the Mandate period, Wadi Salib and the surrounding areas had already emerged as a focus of poverty and d…
Between the Border of Despair and the "Circle of Tears"
This article focuses on Jerusalem's Musrara—a neighborhood trapped between borders—between 1948 and 1967. Barbed wire running along the eastern side of the neighborhood divided the city of Jerusalem between 1948 and 1967. Musrara's western border separated it from West Jerusalem, thus enhancing the division between its residents—new immigrants of Middle Eastern descent—and the mainly Ashkenazi population of the western part of Jerusalem. Our anal…
Iraqi Jewish Immigrants, Palestinian refugees, and intercommunal relations in Tira Transit Camp
This article discusses the relations between different Jewish migrant communities during the early 1950s in the Tira transit camp (Ma’abara) that was established on the land of the Arab village of Al-Tira near Haifa. The Tira camp was divided into two parts. While the population of the north camp was dominated mainly by Jewish migrants from Romania, the south camp was home mainly to Jewish migrants from Iraq. This article concentrates on the Iraq…
In the city of two springs
The article discusses the reports and accounts of the Alliance Israélite Universelle and Zionist emissaries regarding life Jewish Quarter of Mosul (Mahallat al-Yahud) during the first half of the twentieth century. As a dynamic and open Jewish space, the quarter expressed the development of the Jewish community in the ‘city of two springs’, as Mosul was known among its inhabitants. The article discusses the ideological perceptions expressed in th…
Sephardi Leadership in Israel
This article seeks to examine the impact of the transition from Yishuv to state on the Sephardi and Mizrahi leadership, as reflected in the patterns of organization and action of the Sephardi community councils in general, and the Councils of the Sephardi Community in Tel Aviv and Haifa in particular. Against the background of the growing centralized power of the state under the leadership of Mapai and the application of the principle of statism …
The International League for the rescue of the Jews in Arab countries
This article discusses the campaign by the International League for the Rescue of the Jews in the Arab Countries (1948- 1950), formed by organisations representing Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in Israel and the Herut party and aimed at preventing damage to the status of the Jews in the Arab states and promoting their emigration to Israel. The article will review the characteristics of the campaign, focusing on the public discourse it sparked in Isra…
The Sephardi and Oriental Jews of Haifa and Arab-Jewish relations in Mandate Palestine
This article examines the development of the relations between Jews and Arabs in Haifa during the British Mandate period from the perspective of the Sephardi and Oriental Jews (Mizrahim). It focuses on the two Sephardi neighborhoods in Haifa: Ard al-Yahud and Harat al-Yahud. The article examines the character of the shared Jewish-Arab space that existed in both these mixed neighborhoods, which were inhabited by both Jews and Arabs. The character …
Oriental Neighbors
Israeli Mobilization and the Overseas Volunteers in the Six-Day War
This article examines the mobilization of the Israeli home front and the overseas volunteering movement that began in May 1967 and continued through the summer of 1968. The mobilization in the Six-Day War included manifestations of solidarity and volunteering in diverse fields. The Israeli government and the Histadrut sent volunteers to frontier communities and raised funds from the public to finance the war. The movement included World Jewry, wh…
Social Mobilization in the Arab/Israeli War of 1948
In many ways, the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 is typical of the total military conflicts that characterized the first half of the twentieth century. However, in addition to the military course of the war, and its formative and revolutionary ramifications, this war was also notable for the social mobilization of the Israeli population. Social Mobilization in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 focuses on these civilian aspects of the war, the involvement of…
The Israeli volunteering movement preceding the 1956 war
This article deals with the Israeli volunteering movement that preceded the outbreak of the 1956 war and centred on two public endeavours: the Defence Fund (Keren HaMagen) designed to help fund acquisition of weapons and the Fortification of the Frontier (Bitzur Hasfar), a framework that sent volunteers to work on fortifications and assist frontier settlements. These two endeavours were an expression of David Ben-Gurion's pioneering outlook that …
The 1948 war veterans and postwar reconstruction in Israel
This article deals with the characteristics of postwar reconstruction in the State of Israel at the end of the 1948 war and during the early 1950s, focusing on the patterns and priorities of reconstruction of society as a whole and the rehabilitation of veteran soldiers in particular. The article addresses the social impact of the rehabilitation of the 1948 war veterans on the emerging Israeli society, including the creation of a social distincti…
Israel's 1948 War of Independence as a Total War
This article deals with the civic and social aspects of the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. The study suggests that in light of the goals and the substantive changes wrought by the war, the 1948 War was a conflict that can be defined as a total war. The paper focuses on mobilization of the pre-State Jewish community (Yishuv) in Palestine and the Israeli war effort. It presents a general framework that enables one to examine the totality of the conflict in…
From Voluntary Funds to National Loans
The funding of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence illustrated the importance attributed to the support of the Yishuv in the war effort. In addition to recruitment of man power and mobilization of the economy that support also included the public's participation in raising the means to fund the war. This article discusses the characteristics of this process, which began with the voluntary loan For the Security of the People in November 1947 and …
Oriental Neighbors
Israel's 1948 War of Independence as a Total War
This article deals with the civic and social aspects of the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. The study suggests that in light of the goals and the substantive changes wrought by the war, the 1948 War was a conflict that can be defined as a total war. The paper focuses on mobilization of the pre-State Jewish community (Yishuv) in Palestine and the Israeli war effort. It presents a general framework that enables one to examine the totality of the conflict in…
The Sephardi and Oriental Jews of Haifa and Arab-Jewish relations in Mandate Palestine
This article examines the development of the relations between Jews and Arabs in Haifa during the British Mandate period from the perspective of the Sephardi and Oriental Jews (Mizrahim). It focuses on the two Sephardi neighborhoods in Haifa: Ard al-Yahud and Harat al-Yahud. The article examines the character of the shared Jewish-Arab space that existed in both these mixed neighborhoods, which were inhabited by both Jews and Arabs. The character …
Sephardi Leadership in Israel
This article seeks to examine the impact of the transition from Yishuv to state on the Sephardi and Mizrahi leadership, as reflected in the patterns of organization and action of the Sephardi community councils in general, and the Councils of the Sephardi Community in Tel Aviv and Haifa in particular. Against the background of the growing centralized power of the state under the leadership of Mapai and the application of the principle of statism …
From Voluntary Funds to National Loans
The funding of the 1948 Israeli War of Independence illustrated the importance attributed to the support of the Yishuv in the war effort. In addition to recruitment of man power and mobilization of the economy that support also included the public's participation in raising the means to fund the war. This article discusses the characteristics of this process, which began with the voluntary loan For the Security of the People in November 1947 and …
Israel's 1948 War of Independence as a Total War
This article deals with the civic and social aspects of the 1948 Israeli-Arab War. The study suggests that in light of the goals and the substantive changes wrought by the war, the 1948 War was a conflict that can be defined as a total war. The paper focuses on mobilization of the pre-State Jewish community (Yishuv) in Palestine and the Israeli war effort. It presents a general framework that enables one to examine the totality of the conflict in…
The Israeli volunteering movement preceding the 1956 war
This article deals with the Israeli volunteering movement that preceded the outbreak of the 1956 war and centred on two public endeavours: the Defence Fund (Keren HaMagen) designed to help fund acquisition of weapons and the Fortification of the Frontier (Bitzur Hasfar), a framework that sent volunteers to work on fortifications and assist frontier settlements. These two endeavours were an expression of David Ben-Gurion's pioneering outlook that …
The 1948 war veterans and postwar reconstruction in Israel
This article deals with the characteristics of postwar reconstruction in the State of Israel at the end of the 1948 war and during the early 1950s, focusing on the patterns and priorities of reconstruction of society as a whole and the rehabilitation of veteran soldiers in particular. The article addresses the social impact of the rehabilitation of the 1948 war veterans on the emerging Israeli society, including the creation of a social distincti…
Social Mobilization in the Arab/Israeli War of 1948
In many ways, the Arab-Israeli war of 1948 is typical of the total military conflicts that characterized the first half of the twentieth century. However, in addition to the military course of the war, and its formative and revolutionary ramifications, this war was also notable for the social mobilization of the Israeli population. Social Mobilization in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 focuses on these civilian aspects of the war, the involvement of…
Israeli Mobilization and the Overseas Volunteers in the Six-Day War
This article examines the mobilization of the Israeli home front and the overseas volunteering movement that began in May 1967 and continued through the summer of 1968. The mobilization in the Six-Day War included manifestations of solidarity and volunteering in diverse fields. The Israeli government and the Histadrut sent volunteers to frontier communities and raised funds from the public to finance the war. The movement included World Jewry, wh…
Oriental Neighbors
The Sephardi and Oriental Jews of Haifa and Arab-Jewish relations in Mandate Palestine
This article examines the development of the relations between Jews and Arabs in Haifa during the British Mandate period from the perspective of the Sephardi and Oriental Jews (Mizrahim). It focuses on the two Sephardi neighborhoods in Haifa: Ard al-Yahud and Harat al-Yahud. The article examines the character of the shared Jewish-Arab space that existed in both these mixed neighborhoods, which were inhabited by both Jews and Arabs. The character …
Sephardi Leadership in Israel
This article seeks to examine the impact of the transition from Yishuv to state on the Sephardi and Mizrahi leadership, as reflected in the patterns of organization and action of the Sephardi community councils in general, and the Councils of the Sephardi Community in Tel Aviv and Haifa in particular. Against the background of the growing centralized power of the state under the leadership of Mapai and the application of the principle of statism …
The International League for the rescue of the Jews in Arab countries
This article discusses the campaign by the International League for the Rescue of the Jews in the Arab Countries (1948- 1950), formed by organisations representing Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in Israel and the Herut party and aimed at preventing damage to the status of the Jews in the Arab states and promoting their emigration to Israel. The article will review the characteristics of the campaign, focusing on the public discourse it sparked in Isra…
In the city of two springs
The article discusses the reports and accounts of the Alliance Israélite Universelle and Zionist emissaries regarding life Jewish Quarter of Mosul (Mahallat al-Yahud) during the first half of the twentieth century. As a dynamic and open Jewish space, the quarter expressed the development of the Jewish community in the ‘city of two springs’, as Mosul was known among its inhabitants. The article discusses the ideological perceptions expressed in th…
Between the Border of Despair and the "Circle of Tears"
This article focuses on Jerusalem's Musrara—a neighborhood trapped between borders—between 1948 and 1967. Barbed wire running along the eastern side of the neighborhood divided the city of Jerusalem between 1948 and 1967. Musrara's western border separated it from West Jerusalem, thus enhancing the division between its residents—new immigrants of Middle Eastern descent—and the mainly Ashkenazi population of the western part of Jerusalem. Our anal…
Iraqi Jewish Immigrants, Palestinian refugees, and intercommunal relations in Tira Transit Camp
This article discusses the relations between different Jewish migrant communities during the early 1950s in the Tira transit camp (Ma’abara) that was established on the land of the Arab village of Al-Tira near Haifa. The Tira camp was divided into two parts. While the population of the north camp was dominated mainly by Jewish migrants from Romania, the south camp was home mainly to Jewish migrants from Iraq. This article concentrates on the Iraq…
The Emergence of a Sephardi Intelligentsia in Haifa During the Late Ottoman Period
This article discusses the emergence of a circle of Sephardi intellectuals in Haifa in the final years of the Ottoman era and examines their characteristics as Arabic-speaking Jews, who engaged in both educational and political activities. Among other aspects, the article will consider the background to the emergence of this circle among families of Arabic-speaking migrants from the Maghreb. The members of the Sephardi intelligentsia also grew up…
The Children of Wadi Salib and the 1959 Moroccan Jewish Protest in Haifa
This article examines the Wadi Salib protest that erupted in Haifa in the summer of 1959 against the background of the history of the children in the neighborhood during the 1950s. One of the main causes of the protest, which was led by Jewish migrants from Morocco, was the educational and social condition of the children in Wadi Salib. During the Mandate period, Wadi Salib and the surrounding areas had already emerged as a focus of poverty and d…
Entangled histories in Palestine/Israel
Trapped Neighborhoods, Trapped Identities
Using the concept of “trapped neighborhoods,” this paper focuses on two impoverished neighborhoods between the years 1949 and 1967 that were a symbol of Mizraḥi protest in Israel: Wadi Salib in Haifa and Musrara in Jerusalem. We consider their residents as not only people living in the margins of the city but also as communities that were trapped within the cultural, social and geographical margins on the border of the Arab existence and recent p…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (15 works) · Political science (12 works) · History (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · History (7 works)