TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merkur, Lianne
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020//
TI  - Pillars of salt: Israelis in Berlin and Toronto
T3  - Jewish Identities in a Changing World volume 32
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
KW  - Israel and the diaspora
KW  - Israelis
KW  - Canada
KW  - Toronto
KW  - Identity
KW  - Germany
KW  - Berlin
KW  - History
KW  - Ontario
KW  - Berlin (Germany)
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Israel
KW  - Toronto (Ont.)
AB  - "In Pillars of Salt, Lianne Merkur offers an account of early 21st century immigration as experienced by Israelis in Berlin and Toronto. Commonly portrayed as contrary to the territorial emphasis of national integrity, these individuals and communities appear to explore a sense of belonging that evaluates and incorporates both foreign and familiar elements. Social media allows for an alternative space to balance between new home and homeland, studied here as developing simultaneously in multiple sites. The author makes use of innovative methodologies to document the participants' own perspectives expressed online, at events or on paper. She thereby challenges established norms of interpretation to prove that personal decisions, primarily regarding preferred language or simply self-identification, are the cornerstones of collective character"--Provided by publisher
SN  - 9789004420243
UR  - https://brill.com/abstract/title/56320
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004420243
DO  - 10.1163/9789004420243
LA  - English
N1  - by Lianne Merkur
ID  - 1738152898
ER  -