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The Trial of the Dybbuk and the Zionist Suspicion of the Fantastic

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In June 1926, some 5,000 people gathered to watch a show trial in the center of the first Hebrew city, Tel Aviv. The defendant was the iconic play The Dybbuk. Its fantastical and unrealistic dimensions were the center of the discussion. The trial exposed the threat that these elements posed to Israeli society and its young, emerging culture, but also the potential they held.
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