The Ring of Myths: The Israelis, Wagner and the Nazis
"Sheffi concludes that the choice of Wagner as the target for all their abhorrance of Nazism and the Holocaust 'both sins against the man and obscures the significance of the Holocaust'." -- Choice. "Does an excellent job of showing the historical evolution of the debate, and linking this to the political and ideological evolution of the State of Israel." -- H-Net; H-Genocide. "The reception of German culture in general and Wagner's music in particular is traced to show how the taboo developed alongside the collective memory of the Holocaust... For Sheffi, the dilemma around Wagner reflects the situation of the state of Israel as a whole... She takes the musical debate... and uses it as a mirror to reflect Israeli society today. [The book] shows a profound understanding of how Israeli society emerged and how it functions today." -- The Jewish Quarterly Review.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.