Jackie
Feldman
Ben-Gurion University
Martin Gruss FellowshipErika A. Strauss Teaching Fellowship
Research Topic
Images of Home in Contemporary American Jewish Tourism to Israel
Bio
Jackie Feldman is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and a veteran tour guide. He focuses on the performance of contemporary pilgrimages and the role of pilgrimage in the construction of cultures and identities. Feldman will compare the representations and performances of “home” and “homecoming” in contemporary Jewish and Christian tourism to Israel.
