The Siege on Togetherness/A Note on Anxiety

Ariel Hirschfeld

doi:10.1080/07351690.2025.2529778

The Siege on Togetherness/A Note on Anxiety

Ariel Hirschfeld^*

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Department of Hebrew Literature

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Abstract

October 7, 2023, marked a rupture in Israel’s collective consciousness–a profound shock that undermined citizens’ trust in the state’s ability to protect them. The ensuing war has brought with it an existential crisis that threatens Israeli culture through its destructive forces. The situation presents a dual challenge: beyond the war’s immediate devastation, the current leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be actively widening divisions within Israeli society.

Original language	English
Journal	Psychoanalytic Inquiry
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/07351690.2025.2529778
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

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Keywords

Rejection of revenge
Zionism’s inherent tragic elements
continuity of Israeli culture
from biblical psalms to modern times
the concept of “we” in Zionist unity

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