Playing the ethnic card

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: March 24, 2006 | Copyright information

Jerusalem Post
03-24-2006
Headline: Playing the ethnic card
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 13

Friday, March 24, 2006 -- For decades, our political scene was burdened by the gaps between Jews of European and Middle Eastern origins. This gap reflected side-effects common to all immigration processes, and problems unique to the Israeli situation. As an immigrant society, Israel was built by layers of arrivals from assorted countries, who initially stuck together and subsequently kept a distance from those who arrived after them.

Similar rifts existed already before the state's establishment ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

GETTING A CLUE ABOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD.(Editorial)
; ...relationship between the United States and the Muslim world is another matter. The problem is that the Muslim world now sees the United States through the...clueless about tribe and sect in the Muslim world. They are equally clueless about the...
Democracy for the Muslim world
; ...00-0000 Headline: Democracy for the Muslim world Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page...the need for democratization in the Muslim world. During the Cold War, the United States...alive and well when it comes to the Muslim world. It is therefore worth noting when a...
The Muslim world and the war against global terrorism
; The Muslim world and the war against global terrorism...organizations, and populations in the Arab and Muslim world, have decried the terrorist attacks...member governments in the Arab and Muslim world who have to be sensitive to popular...
PM: Muslim world, West will gain from link-ups
; ...Mansor New Straits Times 01-25-2008 PM: Muslim world, West will gain from link-ups Byline...A STRATEGIC partnership between the Muslim world and the West to help advance the economic...the present deep divide between the Muslim world and the West were political and needed...
Education the key, Muslim world told
; ...Times 02-18-2005 Education the key, Muslim world told Byline: Salehuddin Othman Edition...Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told the Muslim world yesterday. He said the biggest challenge...as compelling and consuming for the Muslim world. "Nothing degrades the dignity, the...
Reforming The Muslim World
; REFORMING THE MUSLIM WORLD By Masudul Alam Choudhury Published...Masudul Alam Choudhury's Reforming the Muslim World stands within an evolving tradition...meaning and purpose. Reforming the Muslim World tackles the difficult epistemological...
A metaphor for the Muslim world
; ...Times 04-07-2001 A metaphor for the Muslim world Byline: Farish A. Nor Edition: Main...to be a metaphor for the state of the Muslim world at present, where conflicting forces...overview of the state of the contemporary Muslim world will show that practically every Muslim...
Retro air saps laughs from 'Comedy': 'LOOKING FOR COMEDY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD'(star)(star).
; ...Brooks film, Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, compares in quality to the nest egg...to Albert. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World finds one of America's prime kvetchers...in these times. So what's funny? In Muslim World, not enough. The results are distressingly...
Muslim world's multiple centres of gravity
; ...A. Noor New Straits Times 12-28-2002 Muslim world's multiple centres of gravity Byline...Saturday Forum Column: Cross currents THE Muslim world today is rich with ambiguities. While...and high society. In some parts of the Muslim world, these frauds and fakes even managed...
Window on Muslim world
; ...New Straits Times 10-20-2001 Window on Muslim world Byline: Warda Amin Edition: The City...several books that will shed light on the Muslim world, in view of the Sept 11 attacks. MANY...retreats to teach a semester or two on the Muslim world. Even if the hidden agenda is to Uncover...