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Multilingual Israel?

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Old Ideologies and New Realities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvIair G. Or,Elana Shohamy,Bernard Spolsky

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Engages directly with the delicate intersections between homogenizing state policies and the extraordinary linguistic diversity on the ground. This book provides the most comprehensive overview to date of multilingualism in Israel, spanning Hebrew-only ideologies, immigrant and heritage languages, and grassroots community initiatives. The first section ('Ideologies') examines the persistence of monolingual Hebrew language ideologies and state efforts to regulate Yiddish, Arabic and other languages, and how such efforts have been contested in domains such as cinema, theatre, the printed press and digital media.The second section ('Realities') explores the resilience of community languages, from Amharic and Russian to Chinese, Ladino and local sign languages, and demonstrates how community resilience and linguistic practices often prove stronger than official ideologies or state policy.By situating multilingual practices within current political tensions, migration debates and language ideologies, the book offers essential insights for scholars, students and those interested in sociolinguistics, language policy and the complexities of Israeli society.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-06-16
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieMultilingual Matters
Antal sidor306
FörlagMultilingual Matters
ISBN9781788929097

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Iair G. Or is a Lecturer at Kibbutzim College of Education and Tel Aviv University, Israel. His research interests include the instruction and language planning of Hebrew and Arabic in Israel, as well as minority language communities.Elana Shohamy is Professor in Tel Aviv University School of Education and The Lowy International School, Israel. She is the author of many books, most recently Developing Multilingual Education Policies (co-authored with Michal Tannenbaum, Routledge, 2023).Bernard Spolsky (1932-2022) was a Professor of English at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His authored works include The Languages of Israel: Policy, Ideology and Practice (1999, with Elana Shohamy, Multilingual Matters) and Rethinking Language Policy (Edinburgh University Press, 2021).

Chapter 1. Iair G. Or, Elana Shohamy and Bernard Spolsky: Israel: A Multilingual Space Shaped by People, Media Technology, Policies, Ideologies and NeedsPART 1: IDEOLOGIESChapter 2. Dafna Yitzhaki: 'This Clause Does Not Harm the Status Given to the Arabic Language…' – The Nation State Law and the Status of the Arabic Language – A Language Ideology PerspectiveChapter 3. Yuval Rubovitch: The War of Languages and German-Speaking JewryChapter 4. Rachel Rojanski: Was Yiddish Really Persecuted in Early Israel? The Case of the Yiddish PressChapter 5. Abed al-Rahman Mar’i: Ideological Dilemmas in the Use of Arabizi by Young Arab Citizens in IsraelChapter 6. Oren Livio: Ideological Dilemmas in the Use of Arabizi by Young Arab Citizens in IsraelChapter 7. Sarit Cofman-Simhon: Jewish Languages and Inclusivity-Exclusivity Dialectics in Israeli TheatreChapter 8. Sigal Yona: The Presence of Arabic in Israeli CinemaPART 2: REALITIESChapter 9. Dolly Eliyahu-Levi: Abugida: Keeping the Tigrinya Language and Culture AliveChapter 10. Yael Gaulan and Yuli Hatzofe: Hebrew at the Margins: Language Instruction for Asylum Seekers in IsraelChapter 11. Adam Ahmed and Lisa Richlen: Language Reclamation: A Response to the Oppressive Sudanese State and a Coping Strategy for Darfurian Asylum Seekers in IsraelChapter 12. Belaynesh Mekonen, Monica Broido and Michal Tannenbaum: Keepers of the Flame: Mitigating Language Shift in the Ethiopian Jewish Community in IsraelChapter 13. Wendy Sandler: The Sign Language Mosaic in IsraelChapter 14. Marina Niznik: The Russian Israeli Community: A Language-Based PhenomenonChapter 15 Ivonne Lerner and Rosalie Sitman: Spanish and the Spanish-Speaking Community in Israel TodayChapter 16 Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald: Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) in Israel in a Multilingual SocietyChapter 17. Tamar Cohen-Kehat: Patterns of Maintenance: Uses and Teaching of Chinese as a Heritage Language in Chinese Communities in IsraelChapter 18. Haitam Shehadeh: The Presence of Hebrew in the Arabic Discourse of Staff Meetings in an Arab SchoolEpilogue: Iair G. Or and Elana Shohamy: Multilingualism in Israel’s Shifting Realities