The Jewishness of Israelis: Responses to the Guttman Report

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List of Figures List of Tables Foreword AVI CHAI FOUNDATION Preface Contents 1 Beliefs, Observances and Social Interaction Among Israeli Jews: The Guttman Institute Report SHLOMIT LEVY, HANNA LEVINSOHN, AND ELIHU KATZ 2 The Media and the Guttman Report CHARLES S. LIEBMAN 3 Academics and Other Intellectuals CHARLES S. LIEBMAN 4 Behavioral and Phenomenological Jewishness ELIHU KATZ 5 Religion and Modernity: The Special Case of Israel CHARLES S. LIEBMAN 6 Cultural Conflict in Israeli Society CHARLES S. LIEBMAN Appendix: The Van Leer Papers ISRAEL BARTAL, GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN, SHLOMO DESHEN, MENACHEM FRIEDMAN, SHLOMO RISKIN, ELIEZER SCHWEID, GERSON SHAKED, BERNARD (BARUCH) SUSSER, EDDY M. ZEMACH, AND A. YEHOSHUA ZUCKERMAN Index vii ix xi xiii xvii 1 39 59 71 85 103 119 185 ...