TY - JOUR T1 - Israelis Experiences in Diaspora TT - Israelis Experiences in Diaspora AU - Roy, Suchibrata PY - 2021 DA - June JF - İsrailiyat JO - ISRAILIYAT PB - Huriye KULU WT - DergiPark SN - 2645-890X SP - 61 EP - 74 IS - 7 LA - en AB - The aim of this paper is to present new narratives of Jewish identities and Jewishness among young postmodern Israeli travelers’ in India and to analyze the paradigms of Jewish engagement beyond Israel. This paper seeks to address the question regard in as to how these young Israeli Jewish traveler’s define their “Jewishness” as well as provide self-definition of what it means to be Jewish, individually or collectively, thousands of miles away from Israel. KW - Identities KW - Jewishness KW - Individualism KW - Freedom KW - Israeli Traveler N2 - Kopuntuda İsraillilerin DeneyimleriÖz: Bu makalenin amacı, Hindistan'daki genç postmodern İsrailli gezginler arasında Yahudi kimlikleri ve Yahudilik hakkında yeni anlatılar sunmak ve İsrail'in ötesindeki Yahudi bağlılık paradigmalarını analiz etmektir. Bu makale, bu genç İsrailli Yahudi gezginlerin “Yahudilik”lerini nasıl tanımladıklarına ilişkin soruyu ele almanın yanında, İsrail'den binlerce mil uzakta, bireysel veya toplu olarak Yahudi olmanın ne anlama geldiğine dair öz tanımlamayı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır. CR - Abe, M. (1995). Zen Buddhism and Hasidism—Similarities and Contrasts. In Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue (pp. 159-165). Palgrave Macmillan, London. CR - Chaim, Noy and Erik Cohen, (2005) Israeli Backpackers: From Tourism to Rite of Passage, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press. CR - Dadon, Arielle, “The Wandering Israeli: From Soldier to Backpacker” https://www.talknsave.net/blog/travel/backpacking/backpacking-in-israeli-culture/ CR - David Yin, Out of Israel, Into The World, Forbes, December 19, 2013, https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidyin/2013/12/19/out-of-israel-into-the-world/ Accessed on: November 9, 2017. CR - Doniger, Wendy, in Goodman, Hananya, (1994), Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism, SUNY Press, p.16. CR - Embassy of India, Tel-Aviv, Israel Govt. Website, https://www.indembassyisrael.gov.in/pages?id=mbk5e&subid=lejRe CR - Goodman, Hananya, (1994), Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism, SUNY Press CR - Hindustan Times, dated, Jan15, 2018, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kasol-and-dharamkot-of-two-himachal-hamlets-and-their-israeli-connection/story-H0OnlhZyJ2fXt5Kb2jEwzN.html Accessed on: Jan15, 2018. CR - Indiamy2ndhome.com, https://indiamy2ndhome.com/?page_id=3590 Accessed on: July22, 2019. CR - Kamenetz, R., (1995). The Jew in the lotus: A poet's rediscovery of Jewish identity in Buddhist India. Harper. CR - Lafontain, Tamar, December 8, 2018, Why do Israelis flock to India? https://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Mother-India-573686 Accessed on December 10, 2018. CR - Maoz, Darya, and Bekerman, Zvi (2010), SEARCHING FOR JEWISH ANSWERS IN INDIAN RESORTS: The Postmodern Traveler, Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 423–439. CR - Salem, Saber and Roy, Suchibrata, May 23, 2020, “India-Israel Strategic Cooperation: Latent but Potent” http://www.cescube.com/vp-india-israel-strategic-cooperation-latent-but-potent CR - Singh, Khushwant, Jul 2, 2007, Times of India, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/A-Jewish-summer-in Himalayas/articleshow/2165689.cms Accessed on March, 19, 2018. CR - Times of Israel, Lifting away the weight of 3 years: Why we Israelis go to India after the army, June 29, 2016,https://www.timesofisrael.com/lifting-away-the-weight-of-3-years-why-we-israelis-go-to-india-after-the-army/ Accessed on November 9, 2017. CR - Tripto.com, https://www.tripoto.com/trip/why-israelis-in-india-love-india-897940 Accessed on November 9, 2017. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/israiliyat/issue//955296 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1844142 ER -