Guest-Host Encounters in Diaspora-Heritage Tourism: The Taglit-Birthright Israel Mifgash (Encounter)

Autor/inn/en	Sasson, Theodore; Mittelberg, David; Hecht, Shahar; Saxe, Leonard
Titel	Guest-Host Encounters in Diaspora-Heritage Tourism: The Taglit-Birthright Israel Mifgash (Encounter)
Quelle	In: Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 5 (2011) 3, S.178-197 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5692
Schlagwörter	Jews; Identification; Experiential Learning; Young Adults; Foreign Countries; Cultural Awareness; Observation; Interviews; Patriotism; Collective Settlements; Tourism; Surveys; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ausland; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Patriotismus; Schlichtungsverfahren; Tourismus; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	More than 300,000 diaspora Jewish young adults and tens of thousands of their Israeli peers have participated in structured, cross-cultural encounters--"mifgashim"--in the context of an experiential education program known as Taglit-Birthright Israel. Drawing on field observations, interviews, and surveys, the formal and informal components of the encounters are described, and the meanings participants attach to the experience are analyzed. For North Americans, the encounters enable a personal and seemingly authentic experience of "the real" Israel, and make them feel welcome in the Jewish homeland. For Israelis, the encounters foster national pride, as well as identification with the transnational Jewish collective. Although program sponsors hoped the encounters would also create a forum for learning by Israeli participants about life in the Jewish diaspora, this latter goal was not typically achieved. This article explores the mechanisms by which the encounters generate identification with the homeland and the transnational Jewish collective, as well as the limitations of the encounters as a vehicle for reciprocal learning about diaspora culture and society. (Contains 10 footnotes and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10