Museums in Israel after the Holocaust: A Multifaceted History of Cultural Heritage

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Shir Gal Kochavi

Museums in Israel after the Holocaust

A Multifaceted History of Cultural Heritage

Shir Gal Kochavi

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Routledge
28 June 2024

Museums & museology; The Holocaust; Second World War; Judaism; Cultural studies

Series: Cultural Heritage, Art and Museums in the Middle East

Museums in Israel After the Holocaust explores the influence of the traumatic events of the Holocaust on the formation of a cultural heritage policy during the foundational years of the State of Israel.

Based on primary research, the book offers a new understanding of cultural practices after the Second World War, while analyzing the role of key Jewish cultural representatives who shaped museum collections that emerged during this period. The book investigates the ways Israel has dealt with the complicated history of “heirless” Jewish cultural objects and questions of ownership, by providing a detailed examination of the process of allocation of “heirless” Jewish cultural property handled by two American-Jewish organizations: the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO) and the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction (JCR) in the immediate years following the Second World War. The book takes a material culture approach, which explores the meanings and values attached to an object over the course of time and during its transition between different owners.

Museums in Israel After the Holocaust is essential reading for academics, students, and professionals working on and interested in Holocaust and Israel studies, art history, material culture studies, museum studies, cultural heritage, and Middle Eastern studies.

By: Shir Gal Kochavi
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367463281
ISBN 10: 0367463288
Series: Cultural Heritage, Art and Museums in the Middle East
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 28 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shir Kochavi is an art historian with extensive expertise in curatorial work and provenance research. She is currently working on a post-doc project that focuses of the post Holocaust period within the framework of art markets, collecting cultural heritage and commemoration. Her research interests include twentieth-century Jewish history, gender studies, Jewish ritual objects, Jewish museums, and the history of collecting.