The Multicultural Challenge in Israel / / ed. by Ohad Nachtomy, Avi Sagi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aharon, Meirav,; Amara, Muhammad,; Brandes, Tamar Hostovsky,; Cohen, Asher,; Hevlin, Rina,; Leon, Nissim,; Lerner, Hanna,; Nachtomy, Ohad,; Pinto, Meital,; Ronen, Avihu,; Sagi, Avi,; Schwartz, Dov,; Stern, Yedidia Z.,; Susser, Bernard,; Tannenbaum, Michal,; Yadgar, Yaacov,
• HerausgeberIn: Nachtomy, Ohad,; Sagi, Avi,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.)

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 tensions between Israelis and Arab minorities, as well as issues involving recent immigrants and the different religious sects within the Jewish community at large, this collection of essays covers diverse subjects such as Holocaust education, language rights, military service, and the balancing of religious with secular systems of law. An essential read for anyone searching for a better understanding of the challenges being faced in contemporary Israel.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 ‘SECULARIZATION VS. TRADITIONALIZATION’ DISCOURSE: JEWISH-ISRAELI TRADITIONISTS, THE POST-SECULAR, AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF MULTICULTURALISM -- SERVICE IN THE IDF AND THE BOUNDARIES OF ISRAEL’S JEWISH COLLECTIVE -- IDEAS 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 ARMY”: ETHNOGRAPHY AND THE CHALLENGE OF MULTICULTURALISM -- MULTICULTURALISM IN ISRAEL: A LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- INDEX OF NAMES