Papers by Kobi Cohen-Hattab
Horizons in Geography, 2022
Israel Affairs, 2021
In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History o... more In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History of Jerusalem. The museum's establishment stretched over two decades, highlighting the different dilemmas that were tied to the State of Israel's attitude towards Jerusalem generally and the Old City in particular. The museum displayed Jerusalem using a historical-chronological approach, avoiding adapting it to the city's multicultural, vibrant, diverse, and multihued society after the Six-Day War. This spared and precluded the possibility of focusing on the city's many dilemmas, its complex population and the city's many political questions and schisms following 1967.
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2018
The forest as a leisure, recreation, and tourist space is growing in significance as part of natu... more The forest as a leisure, recreation, and tourist space is growing in significance as part of nature-based tourism. It contributes to social and economic development, particularly in light of the global trend for more recreation and tourism in developed and developing countries. The main aim of this paper is to describe and analyze the evolution of forest development policy and its implications for the function of the forest as a recreation and leisure space, using an Israeli case study. The methodology is based on historic-geographic research to analyze forest tourism over time and into the present. The study finds that the spatial processes that took place over nearly a century in Israel transformed its forests from expressions of an ideology to spaces dedicated to leisure, recreation, and tourism.
Israel Affairs, Apr 26, 2021
ABSTRACT In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the ... more ABSTRACT In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History of Jerusalem. The museum’s establishment stretched over two decades, highlighting the different dilemmas that were tied to the State of Israel’s attitude towards Jerusalem generally and the Old City in particular. The museum displayed Jerusalem using a historical-chronological approach, avoiding adapting it to the city’s multicultural, vibrant, diverse, and multihued society after the Six-Day War. This spared and precluded the possibility of focusing on the city’s many dilemmas, its complex population and the city’s many political questions and schisms following 1967.
Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, 2023
During the period of British rule in Jerusalem (1917–1948), the “Gemilut Hesed shel Emet” society... more During the period of British rule in Jerusalem (1917–1948), the “Gemilut Hesed shel Emet” society—or Gahsha—a burial society was founded by Jerusalem's community council. From the perspective of national Zionist activity, Jerusalem’s burial society reflected attempts to firmly establish a general national awareness within the Jewish community. The idea of a cemetery for all Jews with no distinction made based on origin constituted a significant change for Jewish cemeteries in Jerusalem and in the entire land at the time. Establishing this type of cemetery conveyed an important Zionist principle: the national movement aspired to represent all Jews, in their lives and even in their deaths. Zionist activity in the field of burial and cemeteries was one driving force for creating a new sense of space in Jerusalem, the kind that hoped to connect local identity with Zionist identity and used the language of new Jewish nationalism in the land of Israel. The burial activity should be viewed within nation-building efforts and the Zionist movement's attempts to promote a central authority in the land, which ultimately led to the founding of a sovereign Jewish state in May 1948.
Journal of Tourism History, 2023
The first marina in Israel was founded in 1973 in Tel Aviv. The
accelerated development of sailin... more The first marina in Israel was founded in 1973 in Tel Aviv. The
accelerated development of sailing in the West after World War II
and the economic prosperity that followed demanded the
construction of designated marinas, which began to appear in the
West in the 1960s and in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean
Sea in the 1970s. Similarly to Greece and Turkey, the marina in Tel
Aviv was built in the framework of massive investment in touristic
infrastructure, which in the Israeli case began after the War of
1967. Unlike other European countries, Israel did not have a
maritime tradition and culture. These were initiated by the Zionist
Movement, starting in the 1930s, as part of the national struggle
for independence. Only in the late 1960s did the Israeli middle
class take on this field; however, the geographical conditions of
the open Israeli coast constricted this development. The marina
was meant to encourage maritime tourism while taking advantage
of the development of sailing in the Mediterranean. It made sailing
accessible to Israelis and initiated a process where additional
marinas would be built and tens of thousands of Israelis would
participate in sailing in the following years.
Journal of Tourism History, 2023
The first marina in Israel was founded in 1973 in Tel Aviv. The
accelerated development of sailin... more The first marina in Israel was founded in 1973 in Tel Aviv. The
accelerated development of sailing in the West after World War II
and the economic prosperity that followed demanded the
construction of designated marinas, which began to appear in the
West in the 1960s and in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean
Sea in the 1970s. Similarly to Greece and Turkey, the marina in Tel
Aviv was built in the framework of massive investment in touristic
infrastructure, which in the Israeli case began after the War of
1967. Unlike other European countries, Israel did not have a
maritime tradition and culture. These were initiated by the Zionist
Movement, starting in the 1930s, as part of the national struggle
for independence. Only in the late 1960s did the Israeli middle
class take on this field; however, the geographical conditions of
the open Israeli coast constricted this development. The marina
was meant to encourage maritime tourism while taking advantage
of the development of sailing in the Mediterranean. It made sailing
accessible to Israelis and initiated a process where additional
marinas would be built and tens of thousands of Israelis would
participate in sailing in the following years.
Contemporary Jewry, 2023
Har HaMenuhot, the cemetery in western Jerusalem, was founded in 1949, but its
frst two decades... more Har HaMenuhot, the cemetery in western Jerusalem, was founded in 1949, but its
frst two decades were rife with disagreement and neglect. In the decades that preceded the founding of the state, burial societies that were afliated with diferent
communities had acted with no supervision on the Mount of Olives. Hostilities in
the 1940s and the War of Independence meant a search for new burial sites in safer
locations. With the birth of the state, a permanent site was found in Givat Shaul,
and the government hoped to impose order and oversight over burial through its
local executive arm, the community council. However, conficts between religious
agents and the nascent state’s executive bodies led to a vacuum in the management
of Har HaMenuhot. Ultimately, and against the wishes of the state, the cemetery
saw a return to pre-state conditions, with a variety of burial societies active on the
mount. The young country’s struggle to defne the place of its religious institutions
in its governing framework ultimately strengthened today’s burial societies, whose
abundant activities are a result of an earlier reluctance to come to a resolution on the
national level within the framework of the status quo.
Israel Affairs, 2021
In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History o... more In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History of Jerusalem. The museum's establishment stretched over two decades, highlighting the different dilemmas that were tied to the State of Israel's attitude towards Jerusalem generally and the Old City in particular. The museum displayed Jerusalem using a historical-chronological approach, avoiding adapting it to the city's multicultural, vibrant, diverse, and multihued society after the Six-Day War. This spared and precluded the possibility of focusing on the city's many dilemmas, its complex population and the city's many political questions and schisms following 1967.
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2018
The forest as a leisure, recreation, and tourist space is growing in significance as part of natu... more The forest as a leisure, recreation, and tourist space is growing in significance as part of nature-based tourism. It contributes to social and economic development, particularly in light of the global trend for more recreation and tourism in developed and developing countries. The main aim of this paper is to describe and analyze the evolution of forest development policy and its implications for the function of the forest as a recreation and leisure space, using an Israeli case study. The methodology is based on historic-geographic research to analyze forest tourism over time and into the present. The study finds that the spatial processes that took place over nearly a century in Israel transformed its forests from expressions of an ideology to spaces dedicated to leisure, recreation, and tourism.
Jewish Culture and History
This paper argues for the importance of looking at tourism from a historical perspective within m... more This paper argues for the importance of looking at tourism from a historical perspective within modern historical geographical research. Drawing on the research of Ashworth, Tunbride and Towner, who analysed various aspects of tourism from a historical perspective, this paper proposes that historical geographical research on tourism uses the terms «attraction factors», «supply» and «demand», in the context of the particular time and place, in order to fully understand the tourism infrastructure being considered. In order to illustrate these points, Palestine, within the context of historical geographical research on modern tourism, is considered. Towards the end of the Ottoman period and, more especially, during the British Mandate (1917–1948), tourism in Palestine developed greatly, and the country, which had previously only attracted pilgrims drawn by religious factors, began to attract tourists who were drawn by new and varied attraction factors. This paper shows how Pale...
Israel Affairs, 2021
ABSTRACT In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the ... more ABSTRACT In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History of Jerusalem. The museum’s establishment stretched over two decades, highlighting the different dilemmas that were tied to the State of Israel’s attitude towards Jerusalem generally and the Old City in particular. The museum displayed Jerusalem using a historical-chronological approach, avoiding adapting it to the city’s multicultural, vibrant, diverse, and multihued society after the Six-Day War. This spared and precluded the possibility of focusing on the city’s many dilemmas, its complex population and the city’s many political questions and schisms following 1967.
Tourism Geographies, 2004
... Correspondence Address: Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Department of Geography, Bar Ilan University, Rama... more ... Correspondence Address: Kobi Cohen-Hattab, Department of Geography, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel. ... However, during the 1960s, developments in global tourism, largely the consequence of cheaper flights and the introduction of larger aircraft, led the Israeli ...
International Journal of Tourism Research, 2004
Although tourism scholarship has paid much attention to the concept of authenticity in relation t... more Although tourism scholarship has paid much attention to the concept of authenticity in relation to the homogenisation of tourism representation, this term has limits that curb its usefulness for analysing subtle interrelations of place, representation and identity. Some recent work has attempted to recuperate authenticity by associating it with experience and activity, however we suggest that the concept of cultural identity allows for greater attention to the fluid movements of social power relations that inform the tourist site. By undertaking a comparative analysis of three global tourist sites located in the Middle East (Jerusalem), North America (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) and Europe (Isle of Wight), this article discusses the politics of representation vis à vis identity as manifested in a spectrum of tourism-related literature ranging from pamphlets, maps and guidebooks, to more creative approaches in contemporary novels and poetry. This comparative survey of literature explores questions of identity on several fronts: first, it prompts questions about how religious, historical and national identities are formulated in and through the tourist site; second, it leads to an assessment of a site's claim to status as a work of art that prompts aesthetic identification; and finally, it allows one to consider how other works of art-in this case, novelistic or poetic representations-both affirm and question identities presented by standard tourist literature. These alternative textual representations demonstrate not only how cultural identity as represented in the tourist site is an active site of struggle, but also present alternative politics of place and identity that enable a greater diversity of interpretations of the tourist site. Copyright
Annals of Tourism Research, 2001
... Urban hotel development patterns in the face of political shifts. Noam Shoval and Kobi Cohen-... more ... Urban hotel development patterns in the face of political shifts. Noam Shoval and Kobi Cohen-Hattab. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Received 28 October 1998; revised 25 August 1999, 20 April 2000 and 5 May 2000; accepted 31 July 2000. Refereed anonymously. ...
Journal of Tourism History
Israel Affairs, 2021
In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History o... more In 1989, The Jerusalem Citadel (or Tower of David) was inaugurated as the Museum of the History of Jerusalem. The museum's establishment stretched over two decades, highlighting the different dilemmas that were tied to the State of Israel's attitude towards Jerusalem generally and the Old City in particular. The museum displayed Jerusalem using a historical-chronological approach, avoiding adapting it to the city's multicultural, vibrant, diverse, and multihued society after the Six-Day War. This spared and precluded the possibility of focusing on the city's many dilemmas, its complex population and the city's many political questions and schisms following 1967.
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accelerated development of sailing in the West after World War II
and the economic prosperity that followed demanded the
construction of designated marinas, which began to appear in the
West in the 1960s and in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean
Sea in the 1970s. Similarly to Greece and Turkey, the marina in Tel
Aviv was built in the framework of massive investment in touristic
infrastructure, which in the Israeli case began after the War of
1967. Unlike other European countries, Israel did not have a
maritime tradition and culture. These were initiated by the Zionist
Movement, starting in the 1930s, as part of the national struggle
for independence. Only in the late 1960s did the Israeli middle
class take on this field; however, the geographical conditions of
the open Israeli coast constricted this development. The marina
was meant to encourage maritime tourism while taking advantage
of the development of sailing in the Mediterranean. It made sailing
accessible to Israelis and initiated a process where additional
marinas would be built and tens of thousands of Israelis would
participate in sailing in the following years.
accelerated development of sailing in the West after World War II
and the economic prosperity that followed demanded the
construction of designated marinas, which began to appear in the
West in the 1960s and in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean
Sea in the 1970s. Similarly to Greece and Turkey, the marina in Tel
Aviv was built in the framework of massive investment in touristic
infrastructure, which in the Israeli case began after the War of
1967. Unlike other European countries, Israel did not have a
maritime tradition and culture. These were initiated by the Zionist
Movement, starting in the 1930s, as part of the national struggle
for independence. Only in the late 1960s did the Israeli middle
class take on this field; however, the geographical conditions of
the open Israeli coast constricted this development. The marina
was meant to encourage maritime tourism while taking advantage
of the development of sailing in the Mediterranean. It made sailing
accessible to Israelis and initiated a process where additional
marinas would be built and tens of thousands of Israelis would
participate in sailing in the following years.
frst two decades were rife with disagreement and neglect. In the decades that preceded the founding of the state, burial societies that were afliated with diferent
communities had acted with no supervision on the Mount of Olives. Hostilities in
the 1940s and the War of Independence meant a search for new burial sites in safer
locations. With the birth of the state, a permanent site was found in Givat Shaul,
and the government hoped to impose order and oversight over burial through its
local executive arm, the community council. However, conficts between religious
agents and the nascent state’s executive bodies led to a vacuum in the management
of Har HaMenuhot. Ultimately, and against the wishes of the state, the cemetery
saw a return to pre-state conditions, with a variety of burial societies active on the
mount. The young country’s struggle to defne the place of its religious institutions
in its governing framework ultimately strengthened today’s burial societies, whose
abundant activities are a result of an earlier reluctance to come to a resolution on the
national level within the framework of the status quo.
accelerated development of sailing in the West after World War II
and the economic prosperity that followed demanded the
construction of designated marinas, which began to appear in the
West in the 1960s and in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean
Sea in the 1970s. Similarly to Greece and Turkey, the marina in Tel
Aviv was built in the framework of massive investment in touristic
infrastructure, which in the Israeli case began after the War of
1967. Unlike other European countries, Israel did not have a
maritime tradition and culture. These were initiated by the Zionist
Movement, starting in the 1930s, as part of the national struggle
for independence. Only in the late 1960s did the Israeli middle
class take on this field; however, the geographical conditions of
the open Israeli coast constricted this development. The marina
was meant to encourage maritime tourism while taking advantage
of the development of sailing in the Mediterranean. It made sailing
accessible to Israelis and initiated a process where additional
marinas would be built and tens of thousands of Israelis would
participate in sailing in the following years.
accelerated development of sailing in the West after World War II
and the economic prosperity that followed demanded the
construction of designated marinas, which began to appear in the
West in the 1960s and in the eastern basin of the Mediterranean
Sea in the 1970s. Similarly to Greece and Turkey, the marina in Tel
Aviv was built in the framework of massive investment in touristic
infrastructure, which in the Israeli case began after the War of
1967. Unlike other European countries, Israel did not have a
maritime tradition and culture. These were initiated by the Zionist
Movement, starting in the 1930s, as part of the national struggle
for independence. Only in the late 1960s did the Israeli middle
class take on this field; however, the geographical conditions of
the open Israeli coast constricted this development. The marina
was meant to encourage maritime tourism while taking advantage
of the development of sailing in the Mediterranean. It made sailing
accessible to Israelis and initiated a process where additional
marinas would be built and tens of thousands of Israelis would
participate in sailing in the following years.
frst two decades were rife with disagreement and neglect. In the decades that preceded the founding of the state, burial societies that were afliated with diferent
communities had acted with no supervision on the Mount of Olives. Hostilities in
the 1940s and the War of Independence meant a search for new burial sites in safer
locations. With the birth of the state, a permanent site was found in Givat Shaul,
and the government hoped to impose order and oversight over burial through its
local executive arm, the community council. However, conficts between religious
agents and the nascent state’s executive bodies led to a vacuum in the management
of Har HaMenuhot. Ultimately, and against the wishes of the state, the cemetery
saw a return to pre-state conditions, with a variety of burial societies active on the
mount. The young country’s struggle to defne the place of its religious institutions
in its governing framework ultimately strengthened today’s burial societies, whose
abundant activities are a result of an earlier reluctance to come to a resolution on the
national level within the framework of the status quo.