Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel

Life History, Politics, and Culture

Ruth Kark, Margalit Shilo, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Ruth Kark, Margalit Shilo, Galit Hasan-Rokem

• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN:
  9781584657033
  9781584657026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781584658085
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern History
• Index: History

This fascinating interdisciplinary collection of essays brings gender issues to the foreground in order to redress a profound imbalance in the historiography of the Yishuv, the Jewish community in Palestine, and in the early years of the State of Israel. Although male discourse still dominates this field, some initial studies have begun to create an authentic and multifaceted Hebrew-Israeli voice by examining the activities and contributions of women. This research has led to a number of basic questions: What was the reality of life for women in Jewish society in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine (Eretz Israel), and in the early years of the State? What was the contribution of women to the renewal of Israeli society and culture? What is the place of gender perceptions in the study of the new local identity? The original articles in this anthology forge an innovative response to one or more of these questions, and reflecting the state of research in the field.

Index

Aaron, 254

Aaronsohn, Aaron, 292, 298, 299, 310

Aaronsohn, Alexander, 301, 316

Aaronsohn, Ephraim Fischel, 292

Aaronsohn, Malkah, 302

Aaronsohn, R., 21, 24

Aaronsohn, Rivkah, 311, 315, 316

Aaronsohn, Sarah, 289–320

Aaronsohn-Duskin, Yehudit, 74

Abigail (bib. fig.), 113

Abishag (bib. fig.), 258, 264

Abramson, Matanya, 329

absorption, 96, 100–108; of Mizrahi women, 38, 41, 42–44

Acmeism, 246

Adams-Stockler, R., 193

Aden, 360 n. 1

administration, medical, 197, 199

Adullam region, 45

“After the Quake” (Gordon), 113

agency, 12, 242, 243, 300

agriculture, 81, 88, 132, 234, 244; moshav “mixed farm,” 30; private sector of, 292, 295, 303; women and, 26, 28, 71–72, 75, 81, 89, 90, 91, 118, 124, 125, 127, 128, 194, 218

Aguddat Nashim. See Union of Hebrew Women

agunah, 66

Agur, Sharon, 366 n. 2

Ahad Ha-Am, 25

Aharonowitz, Yosef, 114

Ahdut ha-Avodah (party), 204, 206, 210, 212, 379 n. 3, 381 n. 8, 382 n. 17

Ahoti, for Mizrahi Women, 35

Aleppo (Syria), 44

Alexander, Tamar, 36

Alexandria (Egypt), 45, 142, 160

Algeria, 44, 360 n. 1

alienation, 78

aliyah, 19, 58, 85; forcing spouse to make, 65; Iraqi girls’ and, 84–96; motives for, 22–24, 27, 55, 56, 57; nineteenth century, 55; vows and, 57; widows and, 54, 55, 59–61

Aliyah, First, 133, 137–39, 292; literature of the, 131, 233; motives for immigration, 22, 23; press of, 131; role of women in the, 21, 26; writings by women of the, 266. See also Puhachewsky, Nehama

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Constructing the Historical Narrative
• Women and Immigration
• Pioneers and Defenders
• Education, Health, and Politics
• Creativity in Word and Music
• Shaping the Collective Memory
• Aftermath
• Notes
• Glossary
• Index