Judaization (, ) or Judaification is the process of making something
Jewish
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
in character. In the context of
Zionism
Zionism is an Ethnic nationalism, ethnocultural nationalist movement that emerged in History of Europe#From revolution to imperialism (1789–1914), Europe in the late 19th century that aimed to establish and maintain a national home for the ...
, it is often applied to the
Israeli expansion of
Jewish settlement in areas with significant
Palestinian populations, as in the
Judaization of Jerusalem,
the Galilee, or the
Negev. In this context, it is related to de-Arabization.
In his critique of Zionism, the British thinker
Leon Roth argued for a "Judaization of our politics" in response to what he perceived as a "politicization of Judaism" characterized by
ethno-nationalism and an almost racial notion of
Jewishness.
See also
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Hebraization of English
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Hebraization of surnames
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Hebraization of Palestinian place names
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Judaization of the Galilee
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Judaization of Jerusalem
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Christianization
Christianization (or Christianisation) is a term for the specific type of change that occurs when someone or something has been or is being converted to Christianity. Christianization has, for the most part, spread through missions by individu ...
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Islamisation
References
Zionism
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