WHO NEEDS ARAB-JEWISH IDENTITY? FRAGMENTED CONSCIOUSNESS, “INESSENTIAL SOLIDARITY,” AND THE “COMING COMMUNITY”Footnote1

This study was prepared while I was a fellow at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University (2009–10).

(PART 1)

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