Language:
English
Year of publication:
1995
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
1,3 (1995) 146-170
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Apart from the national (municipal, institutional-political, etc.) commemoration of the Holocaust in Israel, discusses, also, communal and individual commemoration. Its forms and patterns were brought to the country by the European immigrants, and are part of a grassroots immigrant culture. The forms of commemoration include Yizkor books, monuments, memorial stones, and commemorative inscriptions, created by the "landsmanshaften", by kibbutzim and moshavim, or by individuals. Certain features distinguish these patterns of commemoration from the official ones: they usually do not stress physical heroism; they do not express the Zionist ethos and do not include words of consolation; they focus on ordinary victims, turning them into "holy martyrs" in accordance with Jewish tradition. There is a tendency in recent years to incorporate some of these forms and patterns in the national commemorations.
Note:
Appeared also in "The Shaping of Israeli Identity" (1995). In Hebrew: "Iyunim Bitkumat Israel" 5 (1995), "Zikaron Samuy - Zikaron Galuy" (1998).
DOI:
10.1080/13517129508719342
URL:
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