Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Politics, and Culture, 1893–1958

Index

Index Page numbers in bold refer to biographical sections on featured writers. Aaronsohn, Aaron, 121n4 Abbas, Avraham, 224 Abd al-Rahman, Sayyid, 16 Aden, 216, 229t, 232t, 238t, 240t, 241t Alcalay, Ammiel, xxvi, xxxvi nn10–11, 205 Algeria, 175 Alliance Israélite Universelle, xxix Amir, Aharon, 205 Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 138, 141–42 antisemitism: Arab state antisemitism emergence, 178–79; British imperialism and, 176–78; colonialist/capitalist accommodation of, 154–55; as hindrance to Yishuv accomplishments, 123; international spread of, 139; liberation/ worker movements and, 147; opposition to Eretz-Yisrael settlements and, 168. See also persecution anti-Zionism: Arab publications in Palestine and, 124; Christian origin of, 98; Jewish League to Combat Zionism (Egypt), 164–66, 172–73; League for the Struggle against Zionism, 141–42; leftist/ secular anti-Zionism, 141–45, 164–65, 188, 188n8, 191 Arabic language: Arabic literary culture, 117, 199; Arab-Jewish cultural revival, xxxiii– xxxiv; early Mizrahi writings in, xxxi, 10–11; European cultural dominance and, 89; Israeli Arabic-language media, 68, 220–21, 221; Marxist writings in, 174; as proposed Eretz Yisrael co-official language, 116; role in Zionist Palestine, 62–63, 129; as social language, 91–92; in Yishuv/Israeli schools, 64–69, 102, 104, 222–23 Arab identity, xxx, 37, 91, 95–97, 134, 185, 187–88, 215–16 Arab-Israeli relations: Arab-Israeli War of 1948, 177–78, 180–81, 222n9; Arab ruling class exploitation of, 181–88; imperialist exploitation of, 180–88, 191–92; Israeli foreign relations and, 215–19; Jewish scholarship on Arab nations, 222; politics of armament and, 181; Suez War of 1956, 216, 220–21 Arab-Jewish relations: Arab opposition to settlements, 114, 115, 120, 168–170; Balfour Declaration and, 102, 117, 132; common Semitic roots and, 125; Eretz Yisrael collaborative relationship, 116, 118; European influence on, 97; Jewish support for Arab rights, 67–68; Middle Eastern Arab-Jewish Federation, 126–27, 129; nationalism as mechanism for, 111; old Jewish community and, 98–99; opposition to Zionism and, 62; Union (Ha-Ichud) Palestine parity plan, 131–32, 134–35. See also Arab-Israeli relations; Islamic-Jewish relations Arab Question, 102–4 Aran, Zalman, 235, 235n5 Ashkenazim, xxii, 78–79, 209–10, 209n5, 244. See also European Jews Assaf, Michael, 220–21 assimilation: European Jewish assimilation, 98–101; Hebrew teaching of Arabic and, 67; integration of Israeli Mizrahim, xxvii–xxviii, 103, 114, 137, 168, 225–26, 236–244; Jewish cultural traditions and, 252 | i n d e x 218; Mizrahi-to-Ashkenazi assimilation, xxii; old Jewish community and, 98–101; Zionism as response to, 215 Avisar, David, 114 ‘Azza, Khuthayyir, 33, 33n7 Balfour, Lord Arthur, 149–150 Balfour Declaration, 102, 117, 123–27, 132, 149–151, 153 Bar-Hayyim, Sha‘ul, 221, 221n7 Benison, Ariel, 111–12, 111n1 Ben-Kiki, Hayyim, 87, 102–3 Ben Mordechai, Alexander, 203 Bevin, Ernest, 149–150 Bivas, Rahamin, 65 Boer War, 14–17 Buber, Martin, 131 Bulgaria, 44, 44n20, 229t capitalism, 145, 148, 150–55, 156. See also economy Cattaui Pacha, Joseph Aslan, 80 Cazès, David, 5, 5n3 Christianity: Christian anti-Zionism, 62, 98; Christian Arabs, 62, 91; Egyptian Jewish-Christian relations, 49–53; European cultural dominance and, 89–92; Middle Eastern Christian education, 92–94; missionaries in Jewish areas, 64 class: Arab-Israeli conflict and, 181–88, 191–92; Egyptian social democracy movement, 194–96; Jewish Question and, 143–45; Mizrahim “Second Israel” class status, 209, 225, 231, 237; persecution of Jews and, 155–56 colonialism/imperialism: British intervention in Egypt and, 176–78; colonization of Palestine, 39–40, 40n14; exploitation of Arab-Israeli relations, 180–88, 191–92; imperialist “divide and rule” strategy, 11, 38, 150, 153–54; overview of Western imperialism, 38, 88–92; Zionist movement and, 147–155, 159–160, 168–69, 191 communism. See socialism/Marxism/ communism Confino, Michael, xxviii Coughlin, Father Charles, 154, 154n3 Curiel, Henry, 174–75 Dahan, Yitzhak, xxii Dallal, Sasson Shalom, 141–42, 162 Daniel, Menahem Salih, 109 Danon, Abraham, 5, 5n3 Darwish, Yusuf, 195n10 democracy: democracy movement in Lebanon, 188; Egyptian social democracy movement, 194–96; European Jews in post-World War II democracies, 161; independent Palestine as, 160–61, 169–170; Mizrahi representation in Israeli elections, 246–47; as solution to Jewish Question, 160–61, 166–67 diaspora: assimilation and, 98–101, 215, 218; Israel as homeland for, 74, 116–17, 122–23, 132n10, 133, 215; Jewish commercial traditions and, 156; Middle Eastern Jewish diaspora, xxvi–xxvii, 5–6, 138–39; origin of Jewish Question and, 143–45...