Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-155) and index.
Israel as cultural icon: the vacillating boundaries of Jewish identity -- Is the Anti-Defamation League a hate group? -- Ethnonationalism as an object of multicultural decorum: the case of Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson -- Sexuality, violence, and modernity in Israel: the paradise of not being Arab -- The heart of darkness redux, again -- Epilogue: a eulogy to Israel's dead soul