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This book examines religion in Israeli society: what it is and how it functions. Here is a clear picture of how Judaism provides a matrix of continuity for Israeli society notwithstanding a wide diversity of beliefs and practices.
"There is a general lack of literature dealing specifically with the roles of religious and secular life in contemporary Israel. In addition, the public perception in this country, is that social and political life in Israel is often equated with orthodox Judaism. For this reason his book provides an important contribution to the understanding of contemporary Israel." — Gertrude Lenzer, Brooklyn College
Preface
Introduction
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi and Zvi Sobel
Part I. The Communal Dimension
1. Conflict and Communitas: The Interplay of Religion, Ethnicity, and Community in a Galilee Village
Zvi Sobel
2. Personal Motivation and Social Meaning in the Revival of Hagiolatric Traditions among Moroccan Jews in Israel
Yoram Bilu
3. The Jerusalem Funeral as a Microcosm of the 'Mismeeting' between Religious and Secular Israelis
Henry Abramovitch
4. Tradition and Innovation in Jewish Religious Education in Israel
Mordecai Bar-Lev
Part II. Dissent and Religious Alternatives
5. The Identity Dilemma of Non-Orthodox Religious Movements: Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel
Ephraim Tabory
6. Back to the Fold: The Return to Judaism
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
7. Conversion Experiences: Newcomers to and Defectors from Orthodox Judaism (horzim betshuvah and hozrim beshe'elah)
William Shaffir
8. Judaism and the New Religions in Israel: 1970–1990
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Part III. The Religiosity Factor
9. Effects of Religiosity on Attitudes and Behavior
Leonard Weller
10. Dimensions of Jewish Religiosity in Israel
Peri Kedem
11. Religious, Ethnic, and Class Divisions in Israel: Convergent or Cross Cutting?
Hanna Ayalon, Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Stephen Sharot
About the Contributors
Index