,Reading Hans Kohn in Haifa

Reading Hans Kohn in Haifa


 

Publication Date: January 2007

Publisher: Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies

Author(s): Brian M. Smollett; Brian M. Smollett

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: Literature; War; Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Diaspora relations

Type: Brief

Coverage: Israel Israel

Abstract:

The author recounts his experience attending an ulpan (Hebrew language training program) at the University of Haifa in Israel, while living with Arab-Israeli roommates, during the beginning of the 2006 war in Lebanon. The author draws a parallel between his experience and that of author Hans Kohn, who left pre-state Israel and the Zionist movement in 1933 because of the conflict between the movement and surrounding Arabs.