Defeating the enemy within: Exploring the link between holocaust education and the Arab/Israeli conflict

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Abstract

This paper exposes the sources of anti-Jewish education in Zionist thought and praxis by examining an unsuccessful attempt to educate for sensitivity to the suffering of the others in Israel. I argue that by conceiving the "Jew" as the ultimate victim of human history, and instrumentalizing Holocaust memory in the service of Israeli ethnocentrism, this form of education conflicts with central themes of Jewish tradition and leads to violent oppression of the Palestinian "other." This double violence, to Jewish authenticity and the Palestinian "other," can only be overcome by a reassessment of the transcendent dimension required for a geniune radical education.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)373-401
Number of pages29
JournalReligious Education
Volume95
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Education
  • Religious studies

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