SAGE Memory Studies Journal & Memory Studies Association Outstanding First Book
Award, Honorable Mention, 2019 Set in Israel in the first decade of the twenty-first century …

Collective memory quite naturally brings to mind notions of mnemonic speech and
representation. In this article, however, we propose that collective silences be thought of as …

Interpreting human stories, whether those told by individuals, groups, organizations, nations,
or even civilizations, opens a wide scope of research options for understanding how people …

The chorus of the Christian hymn “Amazing Grace” reads,“I once was lost, but now am
found,/Was blind but now I see.” Composed by a minister who formerly worked as a slave …

Scholars have documented the emergence of apparently race-neutral discourses that serve
to entrench racial stratification following the elimination of de jure segregation. These …

According to the literature, commemorations of difficult pasts can be categorized into two
main types, fragmented and multivocal—both of which serve to express, if not to enhance …

Some semi-public, exclusive male settings, most noticeably in the military, encourage the
production of intimacy and desire. Yet whereas in most instances this desire is displaced …

Abstract Conflict in the Niger Delta has attracted significant local and international concern
and reactions. Although several theses have discussed the recurring structural facets of the …

Since the 1973 War, the secular Ashkenazi middle-class groups, which traditionally had
constituted the military's" backbone", have displayed a lack of enthusiasm to continue to …

We asked in an open-ended way in 1999–2000 what national and world events Israeli Jews
consider most important from the past 60 years. Ten events were identified as foremost …