Ethnographic Encounters in Israel: Poetics and Ethics of Fieldwork

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221 activism, 115, 138, 147, 190; for arab/Jewish coexistence , 138 africa, 59, 66, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73n4, 74n10, 75n23, 82, 122; north africa, 61, 117 african-americans, 61, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 75n23, 84, 85, 91, 121, african hebrew israelites of Jerusalem (ahiJ), 13, 61, 62, 66, 72; and race, 61; and religion, 65; and veganism, 62, 66, 74 agriculture, 99, 144, 145, 149, 182. See also cultivation ahad ha’am, 30, 32 al arakib, 182 aliya, 24, 30, 32, 158. See also immigration anthropology, 6, 10, 12, 52, 59, 112, 113, 139, 207, 214; activist, 174; ethics of, 5; at home, 8, 59, 60, 73n2; israeli, 141, 177, 202; and violence, 174 arab-israeli conflict, 114, 125, 129. See also conflict, israeli-palestinian arabs, 2, 31, 90, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 129, 139, 142, 149, 150, 151, 152n8,13, 163, 176, 178, 185n2, 189, 190, 202, 205, 208, 213; israeli, 122, palestinian, 32, 152n8. See also palestinians arafat, Yasser, 34, 35, 204, 209 argov, shlomo, 203, 213 armenian/s, 113, 116, 119, 126, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133n13; and christianity, 119; genocide of, 113, 126; Quarter of Jerusalem, 126–27, 128, 129 ashkenazi/m, 2, 12, 31, 129, 142, 205, 211 asia, 99, 122 auschwitz, 10, 165, 169 avieli, nir, 8 Baal shem tov, 183 Bar ilan university, 211 Barbi club, 86, 87, 88 barya, 120, 132n9 Bedouin arabs, 15, 137, 138, 143, 150, 151n3, 152n4. See also arabs; Bedouins Bedouins, 142, 144, 147, 151n3, 152n8. See also Bedouin arabs Beersheva, 16, 62, 143, 145, 146, 148, 152n11, 195 Begin, Menachem, 203, 215 Beirut, 203, 204, 213, 217 Beit Jala, 166 Beit safafa, 162, 163 Ben ammi, 64, 65, 66, 69, 74n12,14 Ben-ari, Eyal, 202 Ben-Dor, shmuel, 8 Ben-gurion airport, 11, 33, 61, 127, 128–29, 159 Ben-gurion university, 7, 8, 12 Bernard, h. russell, 52, 53, 54 Beta israel, 71, 119, 120, 122, 132n9, 133n12. See also Ethiopian Jews Bible, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 20, 33, 37, 43, 48, 68, 69, 73, 74n7, 184; new testament, 24, 26, 27, 29, 42, 56n1, 74n7; old testament, 26, 42, 43, 74n7 Black, anabel, 37n3 blackness, 80, 82, 84, 85, 93, 117 bodily practices, 98, 103 borders, 3, 16, 32, 69, 116, 174, 175, 182, 184n1, 203 boundaries, 55, 86, 114, 117, 131, 141, 150, 151, 156, 171, 195; of the armenian Quarter, 126; class, 197; of culture, 6; internal, 120; between Judaism and christianity, 48; racialized, 120 Bush, george W., 163, 164 canada, 8, 14, 113, 115, 160, 162, 166 carmel, 182 cherry, F. s., 70 christianity, 24, 29, 36, 44, 48, 69, 72, 119; evangelical , 44, 48; separation from Judaism, 23, 41–42 christians, 23–24, 26, 27, 185; Ethiopian, 62, 116; missionaries, 42; palestinian, 32; pilgrims, 32, 33, 37 citizenship, 3, 108, 109, 125, 205; israeli, 61 131, 156, 157, 159; and national service, 90; second-class, 65; u.s., 65, 205 chagnon, napoleon, 60, 73n3 cherry, F. s., 70 cohen, Erik, 26 conflict: among israelis, 182; in contemporary america, 59; cross-border, 203; israeli-palestinian , 2, 65, 114, 116, 124, 125, 129–30, 139, 151n4, 176, 202, 210; negev land, 138, 139, 140, 141, 149, 151n4; social, 150 conley, Verene andermatt, 157 crowdy, William, 70 cultivation, 171, 172, 181. See also agriculture curse of ham, 70 index 222 | Index dancehall, 79, 86, 87, 88, 89 danger, 15, 31, 44, 64, 65, 85, 88, 150, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 184 death, 55, 65, 74n10,14, 92, 100, 104, 107–9, 110n3, 165, 175, 202, 216, 217 diaspora, 6, 15, 72, 113, 124, 128, 131, 132, 167, 169; armenian 113, 114, 126, 130; Jewish 11, 114, 130, 205; mentality 24 Dimona, 13, 59, 61, 62, 63, 66, 73, 74n13 displacement, 113, 114, 165, 169 dwelling perspective, 15, 138–39, 140–41, 152n5,6 Eilat, 82, 161, 162 eldercare, 14, 97, 99, 109, 110n2 ethics, 5, 47, 174, 179, 180, 181, 183 Ethiopia, 113, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122, 128, 133n12 Ethiopians, 15, 66, 113, 117, 118, 120, 132, 132n9. See also Jews, Ethiopian; israelis, Ethiopian ethnography, 15, 17, 108, 131; auto-, 175; dialogic, 112; feminist, 188; full-bodied, 14; of performance, 81; residentially based, 138 Europe, 3, 42, 43, 66, 69, 70, 86, 116, 117, 118, 125; Eastern, 61, 62, 99; northern, 24 everydayness/the everyday, 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 74n9, 91, 129, 138, 150, 159, 164, 169, 174, 201, 202, 205, 206...