Or / Shohamy / Spolsky Multilingual Israel?

Old Ideologies and New Realities
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-78892-911-0
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 182, 318 Seiten

Reihe: Multilingual Matters

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Or, Iair G.

Shohamy, Elana

Spolsky, Bernard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Iair G. Or, Elana Shohamy and Bernard Spolsky: Israel: A Multilingual Space Shaped by People, Media Technology, Policies, Ideologies and Needs

PART 1: IDEOLOGIES

Chapter 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 Perspective

Chapter 3. Yuval Rubovitch: The War of Languages and German-Speaking Jewry

Chapter 4. Rachel Rojanski: Was Yiddish Really Persecuted in Early Israel? The Case of the Yiddish Press

Chapter 5. Abed al-Rahman Mar’i: Ideological Dilemmas in the Use of Arabizi by Young Arab Citizens in Israel

Chapter 6. Oren Livio: Ideological Dilemmas in the Use of Arabizi by Young Arab Citizens in Israel

Chapter 7. Sarit Cofman-Simhon: Jewish Languages and Inclusivity-Exclusivity Dialectics in Israeli Theatre

Chapter 8. Sigal Yona: The Presence of Arabic in Israeli Cinema

PART 2: REALITIES

Chapter 9. Dolly Eliyahu-Levi: Abugida: Keeping the Tigrinya Language and Culture Alive

Chapter 10. Yael Gaulan and Yuli Hatzofe: Hebrew at the Margins: Language Instruction for Asylum Seekers in Israel

Chapter 11. Adam Ahmed and Lisa Richlen: Language Reclamation: A Response to the Oppressive Sudanese State and a Coping Strategy for Darfurian Asylum Seekers in Israel

Chapter 12. Belaynesh Mekonen, Monica Broido and Michal Tannenbaum: Keepers of the Flame: Mitigating Language Shift in the Ethiopian Jewish Community in Israel

Chapter 13. Wendy Sandler: The Sign Language Mosaic in Israel

Chapter 14. Marina Niznik: The Russian Israeli Community: A Language-Based Phenomenon

Chapter 15 Ivonne Lerner and Rosalie Sitman: Spanish and the Spanish-Speaking Community in Israel Today

Chapter 16 Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald: Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) in Israel in a Multilingual Society

Chapter 17. Tamar Cohen-Kehat: Patterns of Maintenance: Uses and Teaching of Chinese as a Heritage Language in Chinese Communities in Israel

Chapter 18. Haitam Shehadeh: The Presence of Hebrew in the Arabic Discourse of Staff Meetings in an Arab School

Epilogue: Iair G. Or and Elana Shohamy: Multilingualism in Israel’s Shifting Realities

Über Autor(innen)

Shohamy, Elana
Elana Shohamy is Emeritus 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).

Or, Iair G.
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 on minority language communities.

Spolsky, Bernard
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).

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).