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Gifts from Jerusalem Jews to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchs

Identities, Otherness, and Belonging
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2022
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Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time the identity constructions of Orthodox Jewish communities in Jerusalem as expressed in their gifts to the Austro-Hungarian Kaisers at the time of dramatic events. It reveals how the beautiful gifts, their dedications, and their narratives, were perceived by gift-givers and recipients as instruments capable of acting upon various social, cultural and political processes. Lily Arad describes in a captivating manner the historical narratives of the creation and presentation of these gifts. She analyzes the iconography of these gifts as having transformative effect on the self-identification of the Jewish communities and examines their reception by the Kaisers and in the Austrian and the Palestinian Jewish press. This groundbreaking book unveils Jewish cultural and political strategies aimed to create local Eretz-Israel identities, demonstrating distinct positive communal identification which at times expressed national sentiments and at the same time preserved European identification.

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Lily Arad, Department of Art History and Center for Austrian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.

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    Frontmatter

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    Table of Contents

    V
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    Acknowledgements

    IX
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    Illustrations

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    Introduction

    1
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  • PART I Historical Context
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    1 Three Distinct Scenarios

    15
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    2 Giving and Giving in Return

    53
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  • PART II The Gifts of Old Yishuv Habsburg Subjects
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    3 Jerusalem in the Gifts of the Old Yishuv

    75
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    4 Historical Perspective: A Chronology of the Gifts to Franz Joseph

    108
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    5 1916 – Gifts to Karl I/IV: Embracing Modernity

    170
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    6 The Uniqueness of Old Yishuv Gifts

    275
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    7 The Receipt of Gifts from the Old Yishuv

    324
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  • PART III Between History and Story: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchs in Jewish Tradition
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    8 A Mutual Promise and Commitment

    331
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    9 Narratives and Homages: The Construction of Identities, Belonging, and Otherness

    344
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  • PART IV Discussion: The Old Yishuv Gifts as Venues of Identity Construction
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    10 Constructions and Reconstructions of Identities

    359
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    11 Between Nostalgia and Irony: Franz Joseph in Modern Hebrew Literature

    386
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    12 Place, Memories, and Identities: Closing Remarks

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    Bibliography

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    Index of Persons

    423
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    Index of Subjects

    426
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    Index of Sites and Monuments

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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
June 21, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110767612
Hardcover published on:
June 21, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110767551
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
15
Main content:
428
Illustrations:
4
Coloured Illustrations:
68
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110767612
eBook ISBN: 9783110767612
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110767551
Keywords for this book
Austria-Hungary; Jerusalem; Old Yishuv; Gifts; Cultural Identities
Audience(s) for this book
Historians interested in Art History; Austria-Hungary, Jewish and Israel Studies; Visual Culture; Cultural Anthropology.
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