The Judaic Nature of Israeli Theatre: A Search for Identity

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"A new cultural phenomenon...."

Theatre has, since the time of the Jewish Enlightenment, served the secular community in its conflict with the religious. This book surveys the secular-religious rift and then describes the enhanced concern of the secular community in Israel for its own Jewishness and its expression in the theatre - especially following the 1967 War. It then moves on to a specific study of the play Bruria and finally reviews the phenomenon of the return to Orthodox Judaism by secular individuals.

Series Information: Routledge Harwood Contemporary Theatre Studies