We Israelis Remember, But How? The Memory of the Holocaust and the Israeli Experience

Ofer, Dalia

doi:10.2979/israelstudies.18.2.70

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“…This tendency could be found in the events leading to the June 1967 war between Israel and neighboring Arab countries. Although lasting less than a week, and resulting in a clear Israeli military win, the waiting period, which preceded the war, resulted in fear, echoing past shameful behavior given the passive image of European Jewry during the Holocaust (Ofer, 2013).…”

Section: Acting Out a Compulsive Repetitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Under a constant shadow: The Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the traumatic memory of the Holocaust.

Levanon¹

2021

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Studies have demonstrated the significant influence of the Holocaust on the intractable nature of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. This article examines the role of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict as a coping mechanism for Israeli Jewish society, still struggling to contain the traumatic memories of the Holocaust. The article examines the relevance of psychoanalytical concepts seldom discussed in the context of intractable conflicts. The intractability of the conflict with the Palestinians enables Israeli society to generate a relationship with an external object, which is used to decrease tensions between its inner reality and the external world.

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Section: Acting Out a Compulsive Repetitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Under a constant shadow: The Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the traumatic memory of the Holocaust.

Levanon¹

2021

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…31 Martef 28 (Kranzler 1976) 29 (YadVashem 2007) 30 A full discussion of an exhibit that was taken down after two years is noted in the prior paragraphs. 31 (Ofer 2013) Hashoah is situated adjacent to several historically noteworthy sites: these include David's tomb, the Room of the Last Supper, Oscar Schindler's grave and an Ottoman cemetery. Once regarded as a Jewish sacral place, the only way to hold on to its spiritual significance will be to modernize its meaning and interpretation contextualized in an all encompassing historical narrative, in order to appeal to future generations of all walks of life.…”

Section: Martef Hashoah In Transition Martef Hashoah In the 21 St Milmentioning

confidence: 99%

Martef Hashoah Museum: Jerusalem’s Presence From the Past

Mayer

2018

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that address the Holocaust do so in the context of historical studies, Judaic studies, and in a number of social sciences found in the discipline of humanities. Few appear to attend to the religious aspects or context, which has been on the fringes of formalized Holocaust historiography. Yet there are noteworthy researchers and authors whose body of work has added a great deal to our body of knowledge. Professor Judy Baumel of Bar Ilan University (formerly at University of Haifa) pioneered research some two decades ago into Holocaust commemoration at the small community level and described activities occurring via "landsmanschaften" based activities 1. Esther Farbstein, an outstanding academic force in chareidi circles, has addressed the spiritual responses to the Holocaust and also produced groundbreaking research analyzing the daily experiences of ordinary Jews as documented by local rabbinical sermons and writings 2. In Israel, especially during the first two decades of the new State of Israel, Holocaust Commemoration was largely in the purview of the religious elements 3. The most notable institution to carry out this function was Martef Hashoah-a facility, which still functions, and tends to cater to the religious elements of Jewish society. 4 Doron Bar, of the Schechter Institute, has written extensively about Martef Hashoah, Mount Zion, and other holy sites in Israel. 5 The following historical background regarding Martef Hashoah has been "fact checked" during my October 13, 2015 interview, in Jerusalem with Nechama Cohn, 6 who is Dr. Rabbi Zanwil Kahana's daughter, a witness to much of what happened, and a scholar in her own right. 7 THE HISTORY OF MARTEF HASHOA Introduction: To fully understand how this remarkable facility came about, and to comprehend its function then and now, it will be necessary to visit both its historical location and the visionary founder: Dr. Rabbi Zanwil Kahana. Without a doubt, the catastrophe, the Shoah, or the Holocaust, is deeply entwined with its purpose.

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“…The sensitive relationships between Israel and the Arab nations, the decades-long Jewish-Arab conflict, the threat of annihilation, the continuing terrorist attacks and intifadas -all these have created an atmosphere of constant vigilance and ongoing anxiety. The length of the Jewish-Arab conflict and its violent nature also contribute to its wide-ranging and profound infiltration into Israel's sociocultural fabric (Ofer 2013). Since the State's earliest days, in addition to this fundamental condition of anxiety, the Holocaust's politicisation in Israel has intensified the place of the trauma in the everyday personal and collective psyche even more, by rendering the Holocaust a continuous event that affects the present and future.…”

Section: Holocaust Collective Memory In Israelmentioning

confidence: 99%