When the state winks : the performance of Jewish conversion in Israel /
Kravel-Tovi, Michal,author.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue : the naked truth on Tel Aviv's beaches -- Introduction : taking winking seriously -- The conversion mission -- National mission -- State workers -- The conversion performance -- Legible signs -- Dramaturgical entanglements -- Biographical scripts -- Comp : please do not treat epilogue as part of part 2 -- Epilogue : winking like a state.
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.
Conversion
Jewish converts.
Jews
Zionism.
Conversion
Jewish converts.
Jews
Zionism.