When the state winks -: The performance of Jewish conversion in Israel

The first ethnography of state-run Jewish conversion in contemporary Israel, this book offers a fresh perspective on religious conversion as a tool of nationally driven population policy

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Main Author: Ḳravel-Tovi, Mikhal 1973- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2017]
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Religion, culture, and public life
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Israel / Jews / Convert / Zionism
B Israel / Conversion (Religion) / Judaism / Ethnology
B Israel / Conversion (Religion) / Judaism / Religious identity
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
KBL Near East and North Africa
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Russians (motif)
B Jewish converts
B Religious institution
B Jews Identity
B Religious policy
B Immigrants
B Religiosity
B Zionism
B Judaism
B Immigration
B Conversion Judaism
B Israel
B Orthodoxy (motif)
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Summary:The first ethnography of state-run Jewish conversion in contemporary Israel, this book offers a fresh perspective on religious conversion as a tool of nationally driven population policy
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 271-292
Physical Description:xiii, 310 Seiten
ISBN:978-0-231-18325-3
978-0-231-18324-6
978-0-231-54481-8