Presentations of offerings to the emperor-king on anniversaries of
his accession became an important imperial ritual in the court of
Franz Joseph I. This book explores for the first time the identity
constructions of Orthodox Jewish communities in Jerusalem as
expressed in their gifts to the Austro-Hungarian Kaisers at the
time of dramatic events. It reveals how the beautiful gifts, their
dedications, and their narratives, were perceived by gift-givers
and recipients as instruments capable of acting upon various
social, cultural and political processes. Lily Arad describes in a
captivating manner the historical narratives of the creation and
presentation of these gifts. She analyzes the iconography of these
gifts as having transformative effect on the self-identification of
the Jewish communities and examines their reception by the Kaisers
and in the Austrian and the Palestinian Jewish press. This
groundbreaking book unveils Jewish cultural and political
strategies aimed to create local Eretz-Israel identities,
demonstrating distinct positive communal identification which at
times expressed national sentiments and at the same time preserved
European identification.
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