Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine

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| 245 | Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations Abramov, Dinah, 199n63 Adloyada. See Purim, in Tel Aviv aesthetic of defiance, 19–20, 21; and contemporary Israeli culture, 180–81; and Dalia Folk Dance Festivals, 135, 154–58, 176; and Maccabiah Games, 58, 81–83, 176; and Queen Esther competitions, 44–45, 55 aesthetic of fusion, 15–17, 20; and contemporary Israeli culture, 178–79; and Israeli folk dance, 152–54, 172; and National Dance Competition, 107, 108–15, 128–31, 176; and Queen Esther competitions, 40–44, 55, 176 aesthetic of togetherness, 17–18, 20, 83–85; Dalia Folk Dance Festivals, 161–62; Maccabiah Games, 83–85 aesthetic of toughness, 8–11, 20, 191n49; and contemporary Israeli culture, 179–80; and Dalia Folk Dance Festivals, 158–60, 176; image of, 10; and Jewish body, 8–11, 158–59; and Maccabiah Games, 75–80, 176 Agadati: galas, 27, 35, 196n16 Agadati, Baruch (Baruch Kaushanski), 30, 49, 99, 138, 196n14, 197n23; and cancellation of Queen Esther competition, 45, 51–54; carnival balls, 27, 35, 198n37; Hora Agadati, Dalia Festival, 1947, 150; Kan (Here), 196n16; manifestos in name of Esther, 52–54; masquerade gala of 1931, 203n123; selection of Queen in 1931, 53–54; and symbol of lions carrying tablets, 28 Aga Film, 203n117 Agudat Yisrael, 173 Ahad Ha’am (Asher Ginsburg), 4, 12, 72, 101 Aharonson, Shlomo Hacohen, 47 Ahasuerus, 22 Ahdut Ha’avoda, 194n88 Aisenstein, Bathia, 199n63 al-Jama’a, 93 Alliance Israèlite Universelle (AIU), 190n37 Almog, Oz, 19–20 Aloni, Menahem, 145 Alouf, Yehoshua, 68 The Ambassador, 185 Amitai, Mordechai, 155 Amos, Dan B., 151 Anaphaza (Ohad Naharin), Batsheva Dance Company, 183–84 Ansky, S., 116 246 | Index anti-Semitism: and athletics, 72–73; rise of in Europe, 73, 81; stereotyped image of Jewish body, 9, 75–76 Arab dance: considered to be low culture, 125; debate about incorporation into Israeli folk dance, 152–54; debka, 139, 143, 153, 196n16, 215n6, 218n71; ethnography used to describe, 125–26; viewed as connected to land, 153 Arab riots of 1929, 19, 44, 55, 72, 81, 176 Arazi, Shlomo, 67 Argentina (Spanish dancer), 126 Arlosoroff, Chaim, 12, 92 Armon Theatrical Agency, Tel Aviv, 103 Armored Corps, 177 arts institutions, 15–16 Ashkenazim, 23, 110, 172, 178 athletics: and anti-Semitism, 72–73; connection to nationalism in Europe, 72; as way of transforming Jewish people, 73. See also Maccabiah athletes; Maccabiah Games, first At the Well (Yemenite Ballet Company), 118–19, 125 Ausdruckstanz. See German dance expressionism Austria, 18, 68, 72, 136, 206n44 Avi-Shulamit, A., 42, 55–56 Avizohar, Y., 46 Balfour, Lord, 12 ballet, 101–2, 104, 114, 118–19, 127, 129, 146, 180; biblical, 116 Ballet Russes, 210n11 Bar Kokba revolt, 60–61 Bartal, Israel, 192n62 Batsheva Dance Company, 7; performance for Israel’s fiftieth anniversary, 181–83 belly dancing, 110 Ben, Zehava, 179 Benari (Brodsky), Nahum, 151, 153, 161, 164, 168–69 Ben-Avi, Itamar, 61–62, 88 Ben Baruch, Shalom, 80, 81 Ben-Gurion, David, 1, 194n88; condemned Dalia Festival on Sabbath, 163–64; status quo agreement, 181 Benjamin (Rabbi). See Hatalmi, Yehoshua (Rabbi Benjamin) Ben Shemen (youth village), 136 Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer, 61 Ben-Yishai, Ze’ev, 49, 52, 66; “Eulogy for Queen Esther,” 50–51 Bergstein, Lea, 138, 150 Berkovitz, Y. D., 26 Berlin, Meir, 166 Berlin Maccabi club, 207n68 Bertonov, Devorah, 138, 152–53 The Beseda (Czech dance), on pergola stage, Dalia Festival, 1944, 141 Betar (Revisionist sports organization), 68, 86 Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts (now Bezalel Academy of Art), 15, 27, 28, 99 bikkurim (Hag Ha-Bikkurim), 14, 137, 151. See also Shavuot Black Sabbath, 152 Bloch, Zev, 169–70 Blumenfeld, Leon, 116 Blumenfeld, Rachel, 53, 54, 203n118 Bodenweiser, Gertrud, 104 Borrer, A. (pseud.), 49–50 boxing, Jews in Europe and U.S., 73 Brainin, David, 105 Brenner, Michael, 73 Brenner, Yosef Haim, 12 British Mandate, 1–2; curfew for Dalia Folk Dance Festival, 1947, 140, 143; development of football under, 92–93; expansion of Tel Aviv during, 17–18; opposition to second Maccabiah Games, 92, 96; support of first Maccabiah Games, 58, 66, 92–93, 96. See also Yishuv Bukharan Queen Esther, 201n88 Butler, Judith, 9 Cain and Abel (Ornstein Sisters), 102, 105, 107 Calatrava, Santiago, 183 camels, 27, 43, 198n40 Carmiel, Batia, 28, 198n42 celebration versus sorrow dichotomy. See aesthetic of defiance Chancellor, John, 66 Index | 247 Chelouche, Aharon, 30, 31 Chelouche, Avraham, 30 Chelouche, Riquetta, 30...