Mendoza-Denton provides three hallmarks in which community of practice is displayed among

participants: 1) mutual engagement: two parties are mutually engaged in a practice 2) a jointly
negotiable enterprise: both parties have a say (the production of the identity) 3) a shared
repertoire: mutually recognizable makeup, hairstyle and linguistic practices
Question: In each section of paper what to talk about
How students identify with the land of Israel. Terms such as Jerusalem have a taste for those who
have experienced it. How semiotic resources index their identity and how students who read and
write Hebrew but have never been to Israel feel connected to the land.
- the way they dress or don't dress (ingroup sameness)
how in group jewish people identify with Israel in this lecture atheist attending
how out group class non jewish people may identify or not identify with Israel
heteroglossia, inexicality semiotic resources
power dymanics between speakers how it would change in a class or seminar
lecture very small and initimate freee flwing convo and large lecture would be more formal
How terms that have flavor such as Jerusalem which evoke spiritualilty and deep connection to
the land may differ from non jewish individuals despite Jerusalem being a holy site. How this
term evokes emotion, idea of the land, connects or disconnect them to the land.
How the land of Israel feels like home to jewish members of community even if they have never
lived there and visited the land once in contrast to non jewish individuals or other jewish
members of different ethnicities (Persian)
The land becomes the home. As a child they have been exposed to jewish holidays, and attending
jewish private schools which expose them to jewish values and ideals that has created this
habitus of Jewishness socialiezed them to connect with the land of Israel
Identity thru erasure wearing kippa and tzizt etc
Reading the Shema 3 times a day
Bychoosingtoshopculturallyspecificmarkets,asopposedtoanAmericangrocerystore,
studentsareawareandreinforcetheirmembershipandparticipationinacloseknitenclave.
TheexistenceandpopularityofJewishgrocerystoreElatMarketdemonstrateshowthe
communityhasoptedtocreatetheirowninstitutionsandnetworksratherthanintegratinginto
thealreadyestablishedAmericanones.Thecommunitythusisinsularinmanyrespectsthey
tendtomarrywithintheJewishfaith,haveexclusivelyJewishsocialgroups,andchooseto
employtheservicesofotherswithinthecommunity.Forexample,directoriesofPersianJewish
professionalsincludingdoctors,lawyers,andaccountantscirculateandfunctiontocultivate
withingroupsolidarity.