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Jiang says his 2012 Technion-linked Israel visit was emotionally powerful and that Israeli tour guides and institutions have a strong capacity for propaganda and narrative.
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Masada
Jay presents Masada as an example of a Zionist national myth whose emotional power matters regardless of whether the familiar story is historically secure.
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model
Jay presents Masada as an example of a Zionist national myth whose emotional power matters regardless of whether the familiar story is historically secure.
diagnosis
Jay argues that Masada functions as national myth-making tied to Zionist archaeology and Roman/Jewish political theater rather than as a simple transparent historical memory.
evidence
Jiang says the Masada and Holocaust Museum experiences were among the most memorable parts of his Israel trip because the story was compelling and Israeli narrative craft was powerful.
diagnosis
Jay argues that Zionism uses archaeology and ancient biblical stories to implant national myths in the land, with Masada as a powerful example of myth-making that he considers historically weak.
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"Right. Yeah, so I've been on the birthright trip. So I'm not Jewish, as you can tell. But I've been on the birthright trip...."
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"And, I mean. And the tour guide, I mean, she brought us to tears. I mean, she was so, she was American. But, I..."
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"...this is a perfect example i'm assuming they took you to masada as well did you do the hike and the oh yeah yeah..."
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"...i don't know if if you know it the story around masada so the mythology for the people who don't know this it's this..."
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"built in in jerusalem and they're in the middle of the roman jewish war where the romans are in the whole area and and..."
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"sense that he was uh ben -gurion's uh architect or uh archaeologist he was a state archaeologist basically and a big zionist and it..."
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"...working for the romans described this this thing that happened at masada as as a mythology for the roman empire almost ironically to tell..."
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"we were initial for a week and the masada uh experience was definitely one of the highlights because the story behind it was so..."
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"of the most memorable experiences along with the the Holocaust Museum so regardless of how we feel about Israel they have a really great..."
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"...wanted to pick it up here. I think the story of Masada is a super important one that we told them there and how..."
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"...to implant literally in the ground national myths which in the masada case i when you if you look it up it really is..."
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"which is why it is the way it is um but there's there's no evidence that that pottery was some sort of weird suicide..."
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Jay Shapiro does not let Jiang hide inside the viral avatar.
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