Akiva Orr was born in Berlin in 1931. From 1934-1964 he lived in Israel. In 1948, he served in the Israeli army and after the war read mathematics and physics at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He lived in London after 1964, visiting Israel frequently.

• General Introduction Part One - Identity1. Motives for writing a Book on Jewish Identity2. Fragmentation of Jewish Identity3. Generation and Culture in Israel4. Israeliness5. Twenty Six Years Later Part Two - Myths1. How Palestinians Became Refugees in 19482. From 1948 to the Intifada: Two Versions3. The Kastner Case Part Three - Ethnicity1. Whose Right to Self Determination2. Socialism and the Nation State3. State and Ethnicity in Palestine4. Who's Afraid of Satan

Akiva Orr was born in Berlin in 1931. From 1934-1964 he lived in Israel. In 1948, he served in the Israeli army and after the war read mathematics and physics at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He lived in London after 1964, visiting Israel frequently.

• General Introduction Part One - Identity1. Motives for writing a Book on Jewish Identity2. Fragmentation of Jewish Identity3. Generation and Culture in Israel4. Israeliness5. Twenty Six Years Later Part Two - Myths1. How Palestinians Became Refugees in 19482. From 1948 to the Intifada: Two Versions3. The Kastner Case Part Three - Ethnicity1. Whose Right to Self Determination2. Socialism and the Nation State3. State and Ethnicity in Palestine4. Who's Afraid of Satan