Handbook of Israel: Major Debates

1318 Pages·2016·7.873 MB·English

by  Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Julius H. Schoeps, Yitzhak Sternberg, Olaf Glöckner (eds.)

HandbookofIsrael:MajorDebates
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Scientific Advisory Board
MajidAl-Haj
GadBarzilai
PierreBirnbaum
JuditBokserLiwerant
ChantalBordes-Benayoun
ChristinavonBraun
SergioDellaPergola
AlainDieckhoff
MenachemFriedman
YosefGorny
EvaIllouz
AmalJamal
ShalomRatzabi
ShulamitReinharz
WilliamSafran
GershonShafir
GabrielSheffer
SammySmooha
ZeevSternhell
ShmuelTrigano
KarinWilhelm
Handbook of
Israel:
Major Debates
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Edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Julius H. Schoeps,
Yitzhak Sternberg and Olaf Glöckner
Editorial Manager: Anne Weberling
Volume 1
Part A: Cleavages
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Foreword
Israelisoneofthemostdisputedsettingsintheworld.Itspresenceinthemediais
incommensuratewithitsgeographicanddemographicsize.Anyeventintheregion,
anyincidentwithinorwithout,isimmediatelythefocusofattentionfromtheworld
media. The Israelis themselves are, as a rule, avid consumers of news who debate
amongthemselvesthesignificanceofalmosteveryissuereachingthepublicagen-
da. The opinions are anything but consensual: the harshest oppositions, denials,
and confrontations animate the country’s public life, and beyond it, the Jewish
worldasawholeintandemwithworldopinion.
ThisisthecontextinwhichthisHandbookisaimedatpresentingmajorissues
thatdividetheacademiccommunitywithrespecttotheanalysisofIsraelisociety.It
consists of thirteen topics grouped into three parts – “Cleavages,” “The Challenge
of Post-Zionism,” and “Israel Outward” – that discuss questions ranging from the
natureofIsraelidemocracytotheroleofreligioninthestateandsociety.Foreach
topic,wepresenthigh-standardcontributionsfrommostexperiencedandrenowned
scholars working on the various aspects considered. These scholars represent a
rangeofprevailingcontradictoryviewsoftheissuesunderconsideration.Foreach
topic, several scholars were asked to contribute an essay revealing their perspec-
tive.
Inthis complextask,weare gratefulto themembers ofthe Scientific Advisory
BoardoftheHandbook,andofcoursetoDeGruyterOldenbourgforitsencourage-
mentandkind readinessto extendthe utmosthelp allalong thislong-term under-
taking. We wish to thank Diana Rubanenko for her efficient work on translations
andlanguageeditingandhercontinuousagreeableandcooperativedisposition.
Lastbutnotleast,theacademiceditorsofthishandbookareimmenselygrate-
fultotheEditorialManager,AnneWeberling,forherdedicated,mostefficientand
outstandingworkonthisproject.

Table of Content
Volume1
ForewordV
GeneralIntroduction1
Part A:Cleavages
TopicI: Israel–West, East, orGlobal?
Introduction19
1. IsraeliCultureToday:HowJewish?HowIsraeli?
ZoharShavitandYaacovShavit 22
2. ToWhatDegreeIsIsraeliCultureJewish,andtoWhatDegreeIsraeli?
DavidOhana39
3. HebrewCultureinIsrael:BetweenEurope,theMiddleEast,andAmerica
UriRam60
4. IsraeliCulture(s)Today:GlobalizedArchipelagoofIsolatedCommunities
AlekD.Epstein76
5. BauhausArchitectureinIsrael:De-ConstructingaModernistVernacularandthe
MythofTelAviv’s“WhiteCity”
InesSonder87
6. YamTikhoniut:MediterraneanismasaModelforIdentityFormationinbetween
AlexandraNocke102
TopicII: A Theocracy?
Introduction119
7. ReligionandState,OneandtheSame
DovHalbertal122
8. TheHaredi-SecularDebateandtheShasApproach
NissimLeon131
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9. TheSecularStateinRabbinicThought
ShalomRatzabi146
10. ReligionandStateinIsrael
AviSagi166
11. TheNon-SeparationofReligionandStateinIsrael:DoesItSupporttheRacism
andNationalismWave?
MordechaiKremnitzerandAmirFuchs181
TopicIII:One People? OneNation?
Introduction199
12. Russian-SpeakingIsraelisintheEthno-SocialTapestryofIsrael
LarissaRemennick201
13. Immigration and Conflict in a Deeply Divided Society: The Encounter between
RussianImmigrantsandtheIndigenousPalestinianMinorityinIsrael
MajidAl-Haj217
14. “AboutMiracles”:TheFlourishingofthe“TorahWorld”ofYeshivotand
KolleliminIsrael
MenachemFriedman232
15. TheDividedPeopleRevisited
EvaEtzioni-Halevy245
TopicIV: Ethnic(In)Equality
Introduction263
16. InequalityinIsrael:IntheEnd,IsraelProducedItsOwn1%
ShlomoSwirski265
17. WhatHasBecomeoftheEthnicDevil?ReflectionsontheCurrentStateofIsraeli
Ethnicity
AlexWeingrod281
18. OntheCulturalDistinctionbetweenEastandWestamongIsraeliJews
Ze’evShavitandEphraimYuchtman-Yaar304
19. WeandtheOthers:MajorityAttitudestowardNon-JewsinIsrael
RebecaRaijmanandAnastasiaGorodzeisky324
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TopicV:Social (In)Justice
Introduction347
20. SocialJusticeinIsrael:ShiftingParadigm
YossiYonah349
21. Israel’sSocioeconomicDebate:ANewPerspective
DannyGutwein364
22. AShortEconomicHistoryofIsrael
AviSimhon378
23. TheMythofEthnicInequalityinIsrael
StevenPlaut389
TopicVI: Feminism
Introduction407
24. DebateswithinIsraeliFeminism
HenrietteDahanKalev409
25. NavigatingGenderInequalityinIsrael:TheChallengesofFeminism
SylvieFogiel-Bijaoui423
26. TheSchizophrenicRealityofIsraeliWomen:ACinematicPerspective,2014
OritKamir437
27. GenderPolicyinFamilyandSocietyamongPalestinianCitizensofIsrael:
OutsideandInsideInfluences
KhawlaAbu-Baker453
TopicVII:Discontinuities
Introduction477
28. “LadiesandGentlemen,Mahapach”:The1977RealignmentfromaPolitical
HistoricalPerspective
MichalShamir479
29. TheLikudasaDominantPartyandIsrael’sPost-1977Infrastructure
SigalBen-RafaelGalanti489
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30. The 1977 Changeover: The Emergence of a New Discourse among Palestinians
inIsrael
MohanadMustafaandMuhammadAmara505
31. The1977Paradox:ImmediateCrisesandLong-RangeEconomicandPolitical
RestructuringOutcomesoftheChangeover
LevLuisGrinberg523
32. DialecticsofChangethroughContinuity:The1977PoliticalUpheavalRevisited
AryeNaor540
Volume2
Part B:TheChallengeof Post-Zionism
TopicVIII: Militarism?
Introduction559
33. Israel:AMilitaristicSociety?
MosheLissak561
34. AreIsrael’sMediaCriticaloftheIDFandtheSecurityCulture?
YoramPeri573
35. MilitarismandCivil-MilitaryRelationsinIsrael:ANewApproach
GabrielShefferandOrenBarak590
36. PatternsofMilitarisminIsrael
BaruchKimmerling609
TopicIX: A Democracy?
Introduction639
37. “Ethnocracy”:ThePoliticsofJudaizingIsrael/Palestine
OrenYiftachel643
38. IsraeliDemocracy:CivicandEthnonationalComponents
SammySmooha672
39. WhatKindofDemocracyIsIsrael?
AlainDieckhoff691