Próximos e distantes
Um estudo sobre as percepções e atitudes da comunidade judaica paulista em relação ao Estado de Israel (2006-2010)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5815309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Douek (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | THESIS |
| Publisher | Universidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.11606/d.8.2012.tde-13122012-103208 |
| OpenAlex | W1607261802 |
| Language | PT |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Contradicting the initial assumptions of Zionism, after more than 60 years since the founding of the State of Israel, Jewish life in the Diaspora has not ended, and new patterns of relationship between the Jewish communities and the State of Israel has been developed.This study examines perceptions and attitudes of the Jewish community of São Paulo.We sought to ascertain how this community develops, provides practical and symbolic significance and keeps the long-distance bond with Israel through its main institutions.To achieve this aim, we analyzed news, editorials and articles of the newspaper Tribuna Judaica during a period of five yearsfrom January 2006 to December 2010.We also conducted semi-structured interviews with leaders of major Jewish organizations and representatives of the State of Israel.We've found that the ties between the Jewish community of São Paulo and the State of Israel are organized and maintained by a relatively small institutional core, and reinforced by representatives of the Israeli government that periodically visit Brazil.For the Jewish community of São Paulo, short-or long-term trips to Israel are also important in approaching the country.We've also acknowledged that the bond with the State of Israel has become an integral part of the identity of most Jews.However, we noticed that the community perception of the State of Israel is remarkably idealized, mythical, and anachronistic.Idealized and mythical, as it is far from the reality presented in empirical research by historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and journalists from that country.Anachronistic, because Israeli society is conceived as that of yore, prebreakdown of hegemonic Zionism consensus, which was crystallized and formulated by the Ashkenazi elites till the 1990s.Disputes and internal conflicts, especially ethnic and religious, increasingly fierce, are minimized, as well as the heritage of the Jews of Eastern origin, other Jewish and non-Jewish immigrants and the native Arab population in the shaping of Israeli identity.It can also be pointed out that, although Brazil does not have an anti-Semitic tradition, the fact that much of the members of the Brazilian Jewish community are refugees or descendants of refugees, in other words, are marked by memories of persecution and escape in the past, as Jewish history itself, makes them face the present with uncertainty and mistrust.The State of Israel is seen as a safe haven against anti-Semitism, and thus its defense in the local political and diplomatic forums acquires contours of a struggle for individual survival (of each Jew) and collective (of the Jewish people), regardless of whether these Jews are living in the diaspora or in State of Israel.Ultimately, we notice that if on the one hand, the Jewish community has fraternal ties with the State of Israel, on the other, it does not fail to develop nationalistic feelings towards Brazil or to integrate into the local system of power
Anti-Zionism · Archaeology · Diaspora · Genealogy · Geography · Jewish studies · Judaism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Law · Religion and Society in Latin America
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |