Nationalism and the Israeli State: Bureaucratic Logic In Public Events

Introduction Basic Categories: Citizenship, Nationality, Ethnicity, Minority Socialization: Nationalism and Bureaucratic Logic Celebrations of the National: Holiday Occasions in Kindergartens Celebrations of Bureaucratic Logic: Birthday Parties in Israeli Kindergartens Fruition: Nationalism and Bureaucratic Logic Facing the Sea, Climbing the Mountain: Temporal and Topological Dimensions of National Public Events The Opening Event of Holocaust Remembrance Day: Bureaucratic Logic, Bureaucratic Aesthetics Sequencing the National: Remembrance Day and Independence Day The Holes of Absence The Presence of Absence: The Memorialization of National Death Absence Rising: Telling Little Holocaust Stories in Israel Nationalism and Memorialism Abroad The Memorial Olympics of 1984: Israel and the Symbolism of Nationalism and Internationalism in Los Angeles Postscript Postlude References Cited