Homeland Tourism to Israel: Jewish Identity in the Diaspora–A Panel Discussion

April 17, 2012

Shaul Kelner
Vanderbilt University
The Narrated and the Ineffable in American Jewish Tours of Israel

Rebekah Sobel
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Connecting Cultural Identity and Place through Tourist Photography: American Jewish Youth on a First Trip To Israel.

Nadine Blumer
University of Toronto
‘Am Yisrael Chai! (The Nation of Israel Lives!)’: Stark Reminders of Home in the Reproduction of Ethno-Diasporic Identity

Judith Taylor, Ron Levi, and Ronit Dinovitzer
University of Toronto
Jewish Diasporic Youth and Heritage Tourism: Mythic Israel as Passport to Belonging

Nachman Ben-Yehuda
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
discussant

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University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place, Room 108N
Friday, April 20th, 10am-12:30pm

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To register, visit www.munk.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=11856.

with generous support from a Halbert Network Fellowship