Law in Transition: Comparative Studies in Adjudicating Jewish Collaborators in DP camps and in the State of Israel
I seek to trace the ways in which Jewish survivors in DP camps and in the young State of Israel used law to shape national identity and social boundaries during time of transition. I seek to compare two different socio-legal settings - the Jewish DP camps in the wake of World War II, and the State of Israel during the initial decades of independence - by examining the manner in which legal proceedings against Jews suspected of collaboration were conducted in both these locations.
Advisers: Prof. Leora Bilsky, Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University; Prof. David Myers, Department of History Chair, UCLA