The multicultural challenge in Israel /

Delving into Israel's multifaceted society, editors Avi Sagi and Ohad Nachtomy, along with their distinguished contributors, explore the many ethnic and religious communities that comprise modern Israel and the ways in which they interact and often misunderstand each other. Detailing both the t...

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Other Authors: Sagi, Abraham, Nachtomy, Ohad
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2009
Series:Israel (Boston, Mass.)
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CONSTITUTIONAL INCREMENTALISM AND MATERIAL ENTRENCHMENT
  • WHO IS AFRAID OF LANGUAGE RIGHTS IN ISRAEL?
  • THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE: LANGUAGE AND STATE IN ISRAEL
  • THE HAND IN HAND BILINGUAL EDUCATION MODEL: VISION AND CHALLENGES
  • CULTURAL AND NORMATIVE DUALITY IN ISRAELI SOCIETY
  • SOCIETY AND LAW IN ISRAEL BETWEEN A RIGHTS DISCOURSE AND AN IDENTITY DISCOURSE
  • TRANSCENDING THE â€?SECULARIZATION VS. TRADITIONALIZATIONâ€? DISCOURSE: JEWISH-ISRAELI TRADITIONISTS, THE POST-SECULAR, AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF MULTICULTURALISM
  • SERVICE IN THE IDF AND THE BOUNDARIES OF ISRAELâ€?S JEWISH COLLECTIVEIDEAS VS. REALITY: MULTICULTURALISM AND RELIGIOUS-ZIONISM
  • THE SUFFERING OF THE OTHER: TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST TO ARABS AND JEWS
  • THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AS A PLATFORM FOR A MULTICULTURAL DISCOURSE OF IDENTITY
  • THE MULTIPLE-ETHNIC SYNAGOGUE IN ISRAEL
  • “WE PAY OUR TAXES AND SERVE IN THE ARMYâ€?: ETHNOGRAPHY AND THE CHALLENGE OF MULTICULTURALISM
  • MULTICULTURALISM IN ISRAEL: A LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE
  • ABSTRACTS
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX OF SUBJECTS
  • INDEX OF NAMES