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A sabra or tzabar (Hebrew: צַבָּר, plural: tzabarim) is a modern Hebrew term that defines any Jew born in Israel. The term came into widespread use in the 1930s to refer to a Jew who had been born in Israel, including the British Mandate of Palestine and Ottoman Palestine; cf. New Yishuv & Old Yishuv, though it may have appeared earlier. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Israelis have used the word to refer to a Jew born anywhere in the Land of Israel.[1][2]
The term alludes to a tenacious, thorny desert plant, known in English as prickly pear, with a thick skin that conceals a sweet, softer interior. The cactus is compared to Israeli Jews, who are supposedly tough on the outside, but delicate and sweet on the inside.[3]
In 2010, over 4 million Israeli Jews (70%) were sabras, with an even greater percentage of Israeli Jewish youths falling into this category.[4] In 2015, about 75% of Israel's Jewish population was native-born.[5][6] In 2024, this had further increased to 80%.[7]
- ^ Apel, Dora (2012). War Culture and the Contest of Images. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8135-5396-2.
Israelis, however, also appropriate the cactus as a symbol of their connection to the land and the word sabra, meaning a Jewish person born in Israeli territory, comes from the Arabic sabr.
- ^ Kaschl, Elke (2003). Dance and Authenticity in Israel and Palestine: Performing the Nation. Leiden, Netherlands and Boston, Massachusetts: Brill Publishers. p. 60. ISBN 978-90-04-13238-2.
Sabra refers to all Jews who are not immigrants, but who are born in historic Palestine/Israel.
- ^ "Hard on the outside, soft on the inside, and extinct?". Israel Hayom. November 12, 2013.
- ^ "Israel at 62: Population of 7,587,000 - Israel News, Ynetnews". Ynet.co.il. 2010-04-18.
- ^ "8,345,000 people living in Israel". Ynetnews. 22 April 2015.
- ^ Israel's Independence Day 2019 (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Israel's Independence Day 2024 (PDF) (Report). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 9 May 2024.