Baruch Kimmerling

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Baruch Kimmerling

Baruch Kimmerling (October 16, 1939 – May 21, 2007) was a professor of sociology

Sociology

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at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
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ch Kimmerling was born in Turda

Turda

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, Romania

Romania

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, and had cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

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, a developmental disability. The family narrowly avoided the Holocaust by escaping from their village in a gypsy wagon. The family immigrated to Israel

Israel

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in 1952, and took up residence in a ma'abara (immigrants' camp), Sha'ar Ha'aliya, before moving to a small apartment on the outskirts of Netanya

Netanya

Netanya is a city in the Center District of Israel and is the capital of the Sharon plain. It is located between the 'Poleg' stream and Wingate Institute in the south and the 'Avichail' stream in the north....
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Despite his significant disabilities, which caused Kimmerling to experience motor difficulties and speech problems, his parents raised him as a typical child and encouraged him to strive high.

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Baruch Kimmerling (October 16, 1939 – May 21, 2007) was a professor of sociology

Sociology

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
.

Biography

Baruch Kimmerling was born in Turda

Turda

Turda is a city and Municipality in Romania in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Aries River ....
, Romania

Romania

Cerebral palsy

Israel

Netanya

PHD

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in 1973 as a sociologist. He made a name for himself in the academic world as a social historian, particularly for his groundbreaking work analyzing Jewish settlements in terms of colonialism

Colonialism

Colonialism is the extension of a nation's sovereignty over Territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler or exploitation colony in which Indigenous people populations are direct rule, Population transfers, or Genocide....
. He was awarded a chair at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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. He lectured widely and was a prolific writer of books and articles, extending his efforts beyond scholarly publications to numerous op-ed pieces in venues such as Haaretz
Haaretz

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and The Nation
The Nation

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Kimmerling was an outspoken critic of Israeli policies, and spoke out on issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was dubbed one of Israel's "new historians," but insisted that he was a patriotic Zionist, dedicated to celebrating the diversities of cultures within Israel, and to the ideals of a secular state. Unlike some Israeli leftists, he publicly opposed the proposed boycott of Israeli academics

Academic boycotts of Israel

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by the Association of University Teachers

Association of University Teachers

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in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, arguing that it would "weaken the last public sphere of free thinking and free speech in Israel."

Kimmerling died at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer

Cancer

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. He was buried in the secular cemetery at Kibbutz Mishmarot

Mishmarot

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, leaving his wife, Diane Aidan, and three children.

Major publications

Zionism and Territory: The Socioterritorial Dimensions of Zionist Politics. Berkeley: University of California, Institute of International Studies, 1983, 289 pages.
Zionism and Economy. Cambridge, Mass.: Schenkman Publishing Company, 1983, 169 pages.
The Interrupted System: Israeli Civilians in War and Routine Times. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Books, 1985. [229 pages]
Baruch Kimmerling and Joel S. Migdal, Palestinians: The Making of a People. New York: Free Press, 1993, 396 pages. Paperback enlarged edition: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press

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. Italian version: La Nuova Italia Editrice, 1994. Enlarged Edition, 2002 [page 512]. Enlarged and revised Hebrew version: Keter, 1998, 300 pages. Arabic: Ramallah, 2001.
The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Culture and Military in Israel. Los Angeles and Berkeley: University of California Press
University of California Press

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, 2001, 268 pages.
The End of Ashkenazi Hegemony. Jerusalem: Keter, 2001, 124 pages (Hebrew).
Politicide: Sharon’s War Against the Palestinians. London: Verso, 2003 (Formal refutation in Yaacov Lozowick
Yaacov Lozowick

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's Right to Exist
Right to exist

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Baruch Kimmerling and Joel S. Migdal, The Palestinian People: A History. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press

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, 2003, 604 pages.
Immigrants, Settlers, Natives: Israel Between Plurality of Cultures and Cultural Wars. Tel Aviv: Am Oved
Am Oved

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, 2004 (Hebrew, 630 pages).
(As editor) The Israeli State and Society: Boundaries and Frontiers. Albany: State University of New York Press
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, 1989, 330 pages
Sociology of Politics: A Reader. Binyamina: The Open University, 2005 (Hebrew)
Shuli bamerkaz: Sippur hayyim shel sotziolog tzibburi (Marginal in the Center: The Autobiography of a Public Sociologist), Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 2007, 252 pages, (Hebrew)

External links

at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Obituary in Haaretz
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, 21 May 2007
Obituary in The Guardian
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, 26 June 2007
Obituary in The Times
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, 14 June 2007
"A Life Less Ordinary," by Dalia Karpel, ,