ISBN:
9789004431331
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (237 Seiten)
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
Jewish Identities in a Changing World 33
Series Statement:
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004405882
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cohen-Hattab, Kobi The Western Wall
Keywords:
Jews History
;
Western Wall (Jerusalem) Antiquities
;
Western Wall (Jerusalem) History
;
Tempel Jerusalem
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1967-2000
Abstract:
Foreword -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Pilgrimage and Holy Places -- 2 National Sentiment and Holy Places -- 3 Research Methods and Approach -- 4 Western Wall Scholarship and the Present Volume -- 1 The History of the Western Wall before the Six-Day War -- 1 The Development of the Western Wall as a Holy Place -- 2 The Western Wall in the Modern Era (1799–1967) -- 2 Archaeology and Sanctity at the Western Wall and Its Surroundings -- 1 Razing the Mughrabi Quarter -- 2 The Battle over the Demolition of Homes in the Abu Saud Quarter -- 3 Archaeology near the Southwestern Corner of the Temple Mount -- 4 The Ministry of Religions and the Western Wall Tunnel -- 3 Politics in the Planning of the Western Wall Plaza -- 1 The Creation of the Temporary Plaza -- 2 The Design of the Western Wall Plaza -- 3 The Safdie Plan and the Related Disputes -- 4 The Shimron Committee Conclusions -- 4 The Western Wall as a National Israeli Symbol -- 1 Between State and Religion, or, Who Is Responsible for the Western Wall? -- 2 A Holy Place or a National-Historical Site? -- 3 The IDF and the Western Wall -- 4 Mass Prayer and Expressions of National Solidarity -- 5 Non-Orthodox Jewish Denominations and the “Women of the Wall”: a Struggle for the Right to Pray at the Western Wall -- 1 The Struggle over the Partition at the Western Wall Plaza -- 2 Reform Jewry at the Western Wall, July 1968 -- 3 The Non-Orthodox, the Women of the Wall, and the Right to Pray in the Western Wall Plaza -- 4 Robinson’s Arch as an Alternative Prayer Site -- Summary and Conclusions: Past, Present, and Future at the Western Wall Plaza -- 1 Past and Present at the Western Wall Plaza -- 2 Planning and Development: How Should the Plaza Look? -- 3 Nation, State, and Religion at the Western Wall Plaza -- 4 Who Owns the Western Wall? -- 5 Past, Present, and Future Interwoven -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The Western Wall—Judaism’s holiest site—occupies a prominent position in contemporary Jewish and Israeli discourse, current events, and local politics. In The Western Wall: The Dispute over Israel's Holiest Jewish Site, 1967–2000 , Kobi Cohen-Hattab and Doron Bar offer a detailed exploration of the Western Wall plaza’s evolution in the late twentieth century. The examination covers the role of archaeology in defining the space, the Western Wall’s transformation as an Israeli and Jewish symbol, and the movement to open it to a variety of Jewish denominations. The book studies the central processes and shifts that took place at the Western Wall during the three decades that followed the Six-Day War—a relatively short yet crucial chapter in Jerusalem's extensive history
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004431331
