Israelis Experiences in Diaspora

Year 2020, Issue: 7, 61 - 74, 21.06.2021

Suchibrata Roy

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Identities, Jewishness, Individualism, Freedom, Israeli Traveler

Israelis Experiences in Diaspora

Abstract

Kopuntuda İsraillilerin Deneyimleri

Öz: 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.

Keywords

Kimlikler, Yahudilik, Bireycilik, Özgürlük, İsrailli Gezgin

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