Tradition, Innovation, Conflict: Jewishness and Judaism in Contemporary Israel

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Contents Preface vii Introduction 1 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 25 Zvi Sobel 2. Personal Motivation and Social Meaning in the Revival of Hagiolatric Traditions among Moroccan Jews in Israel 47 Yoram Bilu 3. The Jerusalem Funeral as a Microcosm of the 'Mismeeting' between Religious and Secular Israelis 71 Henry Abramovitch 4. Tradition and Innovation in Jewish Religious Education in Israel 101 Mordecai Bar-Lev vi Contents 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 PeriKedem 11. Religious, Ethnic, and Class Divisions in Israel: 135 153 173 203 227 251 Convergent or Cross Cutting? 279 Hanna Ayalon, Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Stephen Sharot About the Contributors Index 305 309 ...