Tzabar

Tzabar (plural Tzabarim , in German also Sabra or Saber , Hebrew צבר, literally "prickly pear") is the name for Jews born in Eretz Israel . The name originated in the 1930s after the waves of immigration, mainly of Eastern European Jews to the Palestine region (see also Alija ). The term served as a demarcation to the immigrated or still living in the diaspora Jews. It is a metaphor for being rooted in the homeland despite all adversities.

Young women in Kibbutz Mischmar HaEmek during their military training in 1947

The number of these people has risen sharply, especially since the state was founded. It was more than 4 million in 2010, around 70% of the population, and rose to 75% by 2015. The Israeli linguist Ruvik Rosenthal describes in his “Dictionary of Slang” (Hebrew edition) how the term was used and understood by the Zionist movement : While the “old Jews” were born in the Diaspora, the “new Jews” mostly grew at first in the kibbutz . The "old Jews" spoke Hebrew with a broken accent, while the "new Jews" grew up in their native language. In addition, the young people were trained equally - that is, men and women alike - for the Israeli Defense Forces .

A scientific consideration of the term, which has since become a myth, was carried out by the sociologist Oz Almog in his book The Sabra - The Creation of the New Jew .

literature

Oz Almog: The Sabra - The Creation of the New Jew . University of California Press; First edition (October 2, 2000). ISBN 978-0520216426 .

Individual evidence

↑ Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
^ Dora Apel: War Culture and the Contest of Images . Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey 2012, ISBN 9780813553962 , p. 196: "Israelis, however, also appropriate the cactus as a symbol of their connection to the land and the word sabra , meaning a Jewish person born in Israeli territory, comes from the Arabic sabr . "
^ Elke Kaschl: Dance and Authenticity in Israel and Palestine: Performing the Nation . Brill , Leiden, Netherlands and Boston, Massachusetts 2003, ISBN 9789004132382 , p. 60: " Sabra refers to all Jews who are not immigrants, but who are born in historic Palestine / Israel."
^ Israel at 62: Population of 7,587,000 - Israel News, Ynetnews . Ynet.co.il. June 20, 1995. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
↑ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4649494,00.html
↑ http://www.jewishpost.com/archives/news/the-myth-of-the-israeli-sabra.html
↑ Almog, Oz. The Sabra - The creation of the new Jew . The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000, pp. 1-2

[1] Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective

[2] Dora Apel: War Culture and the Contest of Images . Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey 2012, ISBN 9780813553962 , p. 196: "Israelis, however, also appropriate the cactus as a symbol of their connection to the land and the word sabra , meaning a Jewish person born in Israeli territory, comes from the Arabic sabr . "

[3] Elke Kaschl: Dance and Authenticity in Israel and Palestine: Performing the Nation . Brill , Leiden, Netherlands and Boston, Massachusetts 2003, ISBN 9789004132382 , p. 60: " Sabra refers to all Jews who are not immigrants, but who are born in historic Palestine / Israel."

[4] Israel at 62: Population of 7,587,000 - Israel News, Ynetnews . Ynet.co.il. June 20, 1995. Retrieved September 5, 2012.

[5] ttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4649494,00.html

[6] ttp://www.jewishpost.com/archives/news/the-myth-of-the-israeli-sabra.html

[7] Almog, Oz. The Sabra - The creation of the new Jew . The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000, pp. 1-2