Anna Min Al-Yahud
Arab-Jew, traditionalism and Mizrahi middle-class on the Israeli stage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3000125 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naphtaly Shem-Tov (Open University of Israel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 341-353 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504630.2025.2453654 |
| OpenAlex | W4407118612 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This paper explores the theatrical performance Anna Min Al-Yahud by way of intersecting three major phenomenon in the current Mizrahi (a Jew of Middle Eastern origin) critical discourse in Israel: the rise of the Mizrahi middle-class, Arab-Jew, and traditionalism. The plot deals with a Kafkaesque pandemic of accents and languages of diasporic countries from which Jews in general, and Middle Eastern Jews, in particular, originated. The pandemic echoes the Tower of Babel myth that threatens to destroy the unified Israeli identity. This dystopic-comic performance exacerbates the severity of contradictions between the Mizrahi-Jewish identity and the uniform European-Zionist narrative. Anna Min Al-Yahud proposes an open multilingual and multicultural way of life which will enable a common social life in Israel today
Epistemology · Humanities · Middle class · Political science · Sociology · Traditionalism · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Philosophy · Religious studies
Utopia in Performance
On the Arab-Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements
Invisible boundaries within the middle class and the construction of ethnic identity
In Sorrow Thou Shalt Bring Forth Children”
The symbolic economy of authenticity as a form of symbolic violence
Acting out for the camera
The new Mizrahi middle class
The Secular Origins of Mizrahi Traditionalism
The Invention of the Mizrahim
Subordinate by Choice? Minority Ethnic Identity as Cultural Resource in the Israeli Middle Class
The Archive and the Repertoire
The stratified middle class and the formation of ethnic identities
Ethnic mobility
The politics of ethnic melancholy in Israeli cinema
Anna Min Al-Yahud
Sephardim in Israel
Rupture and Return
Post-Domicide Artefacts
Passing' as (Non)Ethnic
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |