Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History

Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History Quest. It adheres to the BOAI statement; all materials are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Issues in Contemporary Jewish History is an open acces and peer reviewed journal, devoted to historical research and historiographical debate on Jewish life and history between the mid-18th and the beginning of the 21s century. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History is an open acces scholarly journal published twice a year and dedicated to the history of the Jewish experience, in all its manifesta

tions from the 18th century up until today. Submissions are free, with no fees or APCs (Article Processing Charges) to be paid by prospective authors. It is indexed in the Directory of Open Access JOurnals (DOAJ), Ebscoโ€™s Index to Jewish Periodicals, Thompson Reuterโ€™s Emerging Sources Citation Index, and RAMBI (The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies). Quest publishes research articles on different aspects of Jewish history, reviews of published works and debates on important contributions to scholarship.

CALL FOR PAPERS!The editors of Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History invite submissions for an upcoming miscellan...
29/01/2026

CALL FOR PAPERS!

The editors of Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History invite submissions for an upcoming miscellaneous issue.
The journal welcomes original, unpublished articles that engage critically with the study of Jewish history in the period comprised between the mid-18th and the beginning of the 21st century.

The deadline for submitting papers is 15 March 2026.

Find out more ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/call-for-papers-miscellaneous/

๐Ÿ“ข CALL FOR PAPERS!๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐š๐ก: ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐ž๐ซ...
03/09/2025

๐Ÿ“ข CALL FOR PAPERS!
๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐จ๐š๐ก: ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฐ๐š๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

The guest editors of ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก: ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐ป๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ โ€“ ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐ถ๐ท๐ธ๐ถ invite researchers working on antisemitism, persecution, reparations, and post-war reintegration to submit their contributions.

๐Ÿ—“ Deadline for applications: October 5, 2025
๐Ÿ”— Find out more and apply here ๐Ÿ‘‰

The study of the Shoah and its impact on Jewish communities under colonial rule in Fascist Italy and Vichy France has witnessed significant scholarly development in recent years. Whereas in the past Jews from these territories were largely absent from mainstream Holocaust narratives, their experienc...

We just published our latest issue, available in open access! (๐„)๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š...
06/08/2025

We just published our latest issue, available in open access!

(๐„)๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ
edited by Piera Rossetto, Aviad Moreno and Emir Galilee

From the introduction:

The migration of Jews from Muslim-majority countries between the 1940s and the 1970sโ€”the departure of roughly 900,000 individuals from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) landsโ€”was one of the most significant demographic transformations in modern Jewish history. Migration is rarely just the movement of a population across space; it is almost always, especially when occurring on a massive scale, a disruption, a recalibration, and a profound reimagining of the self and the migrating group in relation to space. As such, it is deeply emotional and the cartographies it generates are encoded with affect.

(...)

It was not until recent decades that scholars began to utterly interrogate the multiplicity of Jewish migration experiences and examine how emotionsโ€”particularly nostalgia, fear, pride, and shameโ€”shaped the ways Jews navigated their exits, remembered their pasts, and redrew their affective geographies. By understanding the emotional charge embedded in these migrations, as we hope to show in this issue, we obtain an essential point of departure for rethinking how geography is imagined, felt, and remembered by displaced populations.

Read the complete issue here: https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it

Ph | Collage by Zohar Gannot, 2025

We are thrilled to announce the release of the latest issue of Quest! ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ...
05/11/2024

We are thrilled to announce the release of the latest issue of Quest!

๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’), edited by Klaus Richter and Ulrich Wyrwa

1. Pรฉter Buchmuฬˆller and รgnes Katalin Kelemen, โ€œThe Great Depression and its Effect on Hungarian Jewsโ€
2. Daniela Bartรกkovรก, โ€œJewish News and Reflections on the Great Depression in Czechoslovakiaโ€
3. Klaus Richter, โ€œJews, the Great Depression, and the โ€œLithuanianisationโ€ of the National Economyโ€
4. Paula Oppermann, โ€œThe World Economic Crisis. Jewish Experiences and Responses in Latviaโ€

Quest n. 26 also includes a thought-provoking ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง on Daniel Boyarin's ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ-๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›: ๐ด ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ by Arie M. Dubnov and insightful book ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ:

- Mara Josi, ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ 16 ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 1943: ๐ป๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ, ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ, ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’
by Michele Sarfatti

- Sharon Hecker and Raffaele Bedarida, eds., ๐ถ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š: ๐ธ๐‘ฅโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘– ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ
by Francesco Cassata

- Magda Teter, ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ฆ: ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“
๐ด๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š
by Matteo Caponi

- Tamรกs Turรกn, ๐ผ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ง ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘–โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž ๐‘‚๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก: ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™
๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐ถ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘†๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ
by George Y. Kohler

- Liat Steir-Livny, ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ด๐‘›๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ท๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ : ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›
by Guido Vitiello

- Omer Bartov, ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ : ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก
by Hana Kubรกtovรก

๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/

In the latest issue of Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, Marius Turda and Anton Weiss-Wendt discuss Ari Kosk...
11/09/2024

In the latest issue of Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, Marius Turda and Anton Weiss-Wendt discuss Ari Koskovitzโ€™s book โ€˜Rain of Ash. Roma, Jews and the Holocaustโ€™, Princeton UP, 2023.

See also links in the comments for the various contributions and the authorโ€™s reply.

On Ash and Blackness: Roma Victims of the Holocaust After decades of neglect, the Holocaust of the Roma and Sinti peoplesโ€”sometimes referred to as the โ€œforgotten Holocaustโ€โ€”has finally captured the attention of scholars and the general public alike. This year alone, two major studies are mad...

Our latest issue is online and available in open access! ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ This is a miscellaneous issue, publishing four...
11/09/2024

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!

๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

This is a miscellaneous issue, publishing four research articles and a review essay, covering several topics in modern Jewish history, focusing primarily on the first half of the twentieth century. The underlying thread of these articles may be the calamitous events that affected Jews in Europe, given the disrupting impact of war and violence throughout the first part of the century. Space is also a recurring theme, both in the form of movementโ€”through migration, exile or displacementโ€”and in the form of confinement and segregation.

ENJOY THE READING!

https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it/

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ edited by Francesca BregoliThis ...
25/01/2024

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!
๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ
edited by Francesca Bregoli

This special issue of Quest presents new research on experiences and perceptions of Jewish masculinity in medieval northwestern Europe and early modern Polish and Italian lands between 1200 and 1800.

This issue includes also two articles in the section Research Paths, one discussion and three reviews.

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https://www.quest-cdecjournal.it

Issue24 / n.2 (2023) Focus Jewish Masculinities, 1200-1800 edited by Francesca Bregoli Introduction by Francesca Bregoli Conversion and Masculinity in Thirteenth-Century England: One Manโ€™s Decision to Leave the Priesthood for Judaism by Rebekah Sewell Between Rabbinic and Knightly Masculinities: C...

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐ž...
29/08/2023

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!

๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž
edited by Anna Lissa

This new issue of Quest includes a collection of essays that reaffirms the significance of the Human-Animal Studies approach in the realm of Jewish and Modern Hebrew literature. This approach opens up new avenues for interpreting and comprehending both old and contemporary texts, not only as Jewish and Hebrew works but also as contributions to the universal literary heritage. Ultimately, this collection highlights the ongoing relevance of exploring the human-animal dynamic in literature and the interconnectedness of various fields of study.

The issue also includes one research article on antisemitism in nineteenth century french colonial algerian writings, two book discussions and five book reviews on a variety of topics.

ENJOY THE READING!
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Ph | Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), Studies of animals (donkeys, cats and monkeys), color on oak wood, 34,2 x 55,5 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿedited by Quest Editorial StaffThis new issue of...
23/03/2023

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!

๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
edited by Quest Editorial Staff

This new issue of Quest offers readers a miscellaneous content with six research articles devoted to a variety of topics covering jewish history in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. The articles are not linked by a specific common thread: some explore the theme of religious conversion from different points of view. David Guedj's article is dedicated to the affirmation of Judeo-Arab non-fiction literature in Morocco during the first half of the twentieth century, while Livia Tagliacozzo analyzes Jewish-Muslim relations in Libya under the Italian colonial administration during the Second World War. Finally, Marcella Simoni's article focuses on the Jewish population of Baghdad.

This latest issue also inaugurates the new section "Review essay" with an essay by Arie M. Dubnov dedicated to the Israeli poet Nathan Alterman. Finally, the โ€œReviewsโ€ section publishes concise but critical presentations of eight books dedicated to a wide range of topics.

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Ph | Wedding in Tripoli, 1940. CDEC Archive

31/10/2022

La RevueAlarmer a pour ambition premiรจre de mettre ร  la disposition dโ€™un large public des connaissances et des savoirs scientifiques sur les racismes et lโ€™antisรฉmitisme.

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐ก: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐š๐œ๐ก๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ...
25/10/2022

Our latest issue is online and available in open access!

๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ฒ๐š๐ก: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐‰๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐š๐œ๐ก๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ฌ
edited by Verena Buser and Chiara Renzo

This monographic issue deals with the history of the hachsharah (pl. hachsharot), a term meaning literally โ€œpreparationโ€ in Hebrew, but whose translation or interpretation varied among โ€œcollective farm,โ€ โ€œvocational training,โ€ โ€œretraining centerโ€ and โ€œagricultural training.โ€ Though the nature of hachsharot varied in space and time, the term steadily referred to the practical preparation of young Jews for emigration to Eretz Israel (the Land of Israel), through both mental and physical training based on work, collective living, and the study of the Hebrew language, Jewish history and culture.

Through this issue, our shared goal is to re-discuss the role of the hachsharot and depict the complex and nuanced reality of life within them, questioning the Zionist affiliation of their participants and challenging the idea of hachsharah as a warm and welcoming environment serving as the stepping stone for aliyah.

Furthermore the issue also includes an editorial on the new Venue of the Fondazione CDEC, two book discussions and four book reviews on a variety of topics.

Enjoy the reading!

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Ph | Aldouby and representatives of the groups โ€œNitzanimโ€ and โ€œDrorโ€ from the youth village inS anta Maria al Bagno during the joint Sukkot celebration of the UNRRA DP camps in Lecce province, southernItaly, 1946,Photo 23/1, Aldoubyโ€™s Private Collection, Jerusalem, Israel.

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