Art in Zion deals with the link between art and national ideology and specifically between the artistic activity that emerged in Jewish Palestine in the first decades of the twentieth century and the Zionist movement. In order to examine the development of national art in Jewish Palestine, the book focuses on direct and indirect expressions of Zionist ideology in the artistic activity in the yishuv (the Jewish community in Palestine). In particular, the book explores two major phases in the early development of Jewish art in Palestine: the activity of the Bezalel School of Art and Crafts, and the emergence during the 1920s of a group of artists known as the Modernists.

Bringing Zion Home examines the role of culture in the establishment of the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel in the immediate postwar decades. Many American Jews first encountered Israel through their roles as tastemakers, consumers, and cultural impresarios—that is, by writing and reading about Israel; dancing Israeli folk dances; promoting and purchasing Israeli goods; and presenting Israeli art and music. It was precisely by means of these cultural practices, argues Emily Alice Katz, that American Jews insisted on Israel's "natural" place in American culture, a phenomenon that continues to shape America's relationship with Israel today. Katz shows that American Jews' promotion and consumption of Israel in the cultural realm was bound up with multiple agendas, including the quest for Jewish authenticity in a postimmigrant milieu and the desire of upwardly mobile Jews to polish their status in American society. And, crucially, as influential cultural and political elites positioned "culture" as both an engine of American dominance and as a purveyor of peace in the Cold War, many of Israel's American Jewish impresarios proclaimed publicly that cultural patronage of and exchange with Israel advanced America's interests in the Middle East and helped spread the "American way" in the postwar world. Bringing Zion Home is the first book to shine a light squarely upon the role and importance of Israel in the arts, popular culture, and material culture of postwar America.

Zion is a large cauldron of spicey hot Christmas nightmares and Paranormal Gumbo seasoned with Psychological mayhem and a pinch of Fantasy. Take a seat at our table as we serve you a platter of Thrills, sprinkled with a cocktail of Coo Coo pills. Don't be shy, there's more than enough for everyone. Try our Supernatural Salads, they're nutritious and delicious. They're loaded with creepy crawlies, nothing too suspicious. Our Haunting soups are to die for, filled with diced eyeballs, forked tongues and pink poodles just for fun. Drink up and be merry. It's okay if you tarry. Immerse yourself in our Bloody Mary, have one flute, maybe two. Don't forget the dessert menu. Peach Goblin, Heart Souffle, Sweet Dread, Chocolate Covered Brains of the Dead. Maybe sweet chills is your deal, here's a bowl of Blueberry Ice Scream, have another scoop, it's a dream. Perhaps a cup of frozen Pecan Pancreas Praline. Sit back and enjoy. If Suspense is what you need, we have live Shows with guillotines. Be sure to come again. We recommend you tell your friends. ° Book's content Quotes by Author. ° Caution: This pulse pounding Novel may cause spontaneous combustion after reading. Check with your Primary Care Provider before indulging. ° Trigger Warnings: Graphic Adult Content. °

In reggae song after reggae song Bob Marley and other reggae singers speak of the Promised Land of Ethiopia. “Repatriation is a must!” they cry. The Rastafari have been travelling to Ethiopia since the movement originated in Jamaica in 1930s. They consider it the Promised Land, and repatriation is a cornerstone of their faith. Though Ethiopians see Rastafari as immigrants, the Rastafari see themselves as returning members of the Ethiopian diaspora. In Visions of Zion, Erin C. MacLeod offers the first in-depth investigation into how Ethiopians perceive Rastafari and Rastafarians within Ethiopia and the role this unique immigrant community plays within Ethiopian society. Rastafari are unusual among migrants, basing their movements on spiritual rather than economic choices. This volume offers those who study the movement a broader understanding of the implications of repatriation. Taking the Ethiopian perspective into account, it argues that migrant and diaspora identities are the products of negotiation, and it illuminates the implications of this negotiation for concepts of citizenship, as well as for our understandings of pan-Africanism and south-south migration. Providing a rare look at migration to a non-Western country, this volume also fills a gap in the broader immigration studies literature.

Part fashion spread, part adventure guide, and all Utah cultural treasure, this book is a stunning visual record of six female Univeristy of Utah students who explored Zion National Park in 1920 as its first official tourists.