Terror, aid and organization: The haredi disaster victim identification teams (ZAKA) in Israel

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 619-651

  Stadler, Nurit ^a   Ben Ari, Eyal ^a   Mesterman, Einat ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Haredi; Israel; Religion; Terror; Terrorism; Violence; ZAKA

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644461190     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2005.0044     Document Type: Review

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