Moshe Shokeid
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Moshe Shokeid (in
Early life
Shokeid is a member of the
Shokeid felt that sociological research methods were too formal and abstract lacking cultural and human sensitivity, which compelled him to move into the field of anthropology. He attended the University of Manchester in England where he studied under Max Gluckman and received his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 1968. During this time, he conducted his dissertation fieldwork in Israel, where he studied a village of Atlas Mountain Jews, for which he won the Ben-Zvi Prize in 1974.[3]
Career
After finishing his Ph.D., Shokeid returned to Israel, where he began teaching in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. He has also been a visiting scholar at
Shokeid has conducted research and published his work on North African immigrants in Israel and on the Arab residents who remained in
Books
- M. Shokeid. The Dual Heritage: Immigrants from the Atlas Mountains in an Israeli Village, Manchester: Manchester University Press, XXIX, 245 pp. 1971. (Augmented edition, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, XXXIV, 254 pp. 1985).
- S. Deshen and M. Shokeid. The Predicament of Homecoming: Cultural and Social Life of North African Immigrants in Israel, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 250 pp. 1974.
- M. Shokeid and S. Deshen. Distant Relations: Ethnicity and Politics among Arabs and North African Jews in Israel, New York: Praeger and Bergin, 190 pp. 1982.
- M. Shokeid and S. Deshen. The Generation of Transition: Continuity and Change among North African Immigrants, Jerusalem: Ben-Zvi Institute, 235 pp. 1977 (expanded edition, 281 pp. 1999) (Hebrew).
- M. Shokeid. Children of Circumstances: Israeli Emigrants in New York, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 230 pp. 1988.
- M. Shokeid. A Gay Synagogue in New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 264 pp. 1995. (Augmented edition, Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 272 pp. 2003).
- M. Shokeid. An Israeli’s Voyage: Tel-Aviv, New York and Between, Tel-Aviv: Yediot Books, 251 pp. 2002 (Hebrew).
- M. Shokeid. Herzl Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Tel-Aviv: Carmel Publishing House. 159 pp. 2005. (Hebrew).
- M. Shokeid. Three Jewish Journeys Through An Anthropologist's Lens: From Morocco to the Negev, Zion To The Big Apple, The Closet to the Bimah. Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press, 399 pp. 2009.
- M. Shokeid. An Anthropological Perspective: A View from Near and Far. Resling, 279 pp. 2012 (Hebrew).
References
- ^ "Reflections of a 'Sabra' Ethnographer: An Interview with Moshe Shokeid"
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae" Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Shokeid, Moshe. Personal interview. 6 April. 2013.
- ^ "CBST History". cbst.org. Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. Retrieved March 23, 2024.