Abstract
ABSTRACTThis article explores the relationship between Zionism and Jewish immigration, as well as the meaning of emigration in the Jewish-Israeli world. It focuses on Israeli discourse regarding emigration. What are the social implications of emigration and how do the Israeli state and Israeli society perceive it? Most importantly: what are the institutional acts and the cultural texts which manufacture a public discourse of emigration within Israeli society, and how, if at all, has this discourse changed over the years of Israel’s existence? In this article, I attempt to articulate the gaps and tensions structuring a discourse of anxiety regarding emigration. In order to do so, this article addresses the discourse regarding inbound and outbound migration with respect to the Zionist project and the Hebrew language. Following that, the article describes constructions of the emigrants, as well as of emigration as a national problem. The second part of this article attends to academic texts, investigating the ways this discourse is adopted by academics. The argument here is that Israeli academics work within a set of Zionist assumptions, similar to those promoted by Israeli state policy, media and public figures.
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