Abstract
This article explores the integration of the "Hebrew Sea" into the Zionist geography of national revival in the pre-state period of Zionist history. The main argument is that the formation of the "Hebrew Sea" in pre-state Israel was at the convergence of popular needs, commercial interests, geopolitical concerns and strategic considerations. Either in the sphere of popular culture or as a Zionist challenge and a national imperative, the "Hebrew Sea" increasingly became an extension of the Hebrew homeland under construction in the Jewish Settlement in Palestine. We transformed sand into a city And shall also make the sea a homeland (Shimshon Meltzer, "Tel Aviv's Seashore", 1936, quoted in Lutsky 17)
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 251-267 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Modern Jewish Studies |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Mediterranean Sea -- History
- Zionism -- Philosophy