Birthrate Politics in Zion

Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman is Senior lecturer of the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

• Acknowledgements Note on Translation Prologue Introduction 1. "Collective Self-Suicide": The Decline in the Yishuv's Birthrate2. The Parents' Rebellion: Economic Factors 3. The Parents' Rebellion: Social and Psychological Factors4. Abortions in Practice5. Low Birthrate, High Abortion Rate: Responses6. Making More BabiesConclusion: The Birthrate Issue as a Portrait of the YishuvEpilogue GlossaryBibliographyIndex

"Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman gives a penetrating understanding both of the day-to-day lives of Jewish families in Mandatory Palestine, shedding new light on one of the Yishuv's major problems: internal population growth."—Margalit Shilo, author of, Girls of Liberty: The Struggle for Sufferage in Mandatory Palestine"The issue of birthrate and its numerous ramifications has hardly been discussed. Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman not only raises an issue which has so far been ignored, but also, and most importantly, shows the way in which birthrate reflects many aspects of the small yet exceedingly complex Israeli society."—Deborah Bernstein, author of, Pioneers and Homemakers: Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel