Israeli Humor

Israeli HumorDerived from the Arabic word for "lie," the word "chizbat" was chosen by members of the Palmah to designate the particular form of narrative joke exchanged by these volunteer defenders of Jewish settlements in Israel during the uncertain years 1941 48. Elliott Oring concentrates his attention on how the chizbat represents the expression of a distinctly Israeli identity and the disparate elements of this identity: sabra European, Arab Israeli, East

and from forest restoration to environmental impact assessment of tourism infrastructures

Among the great authors considered are Joseph Conrad

cult inventory and oracular texts

It provides library managers with an overview of the development of RDA in order to equip them to make the transition

Carole Balin introduces us to dozens of Jewish women writers from late nineteenth- and early twentieth- century Tsarist Russia

This chapter does not focus on a particular disease and discusses how to optimise general management of growing finishing pigs to improve the health of the herd

including Iain Banks

and the quest for knowing the unknown

Through interviews with older activists

The author delves into the issues of the messianic elements of the Zohar

a Swiss journal of Lacanian studies

and literary analysis