Critical Essays on Israeli Society, Religion, and Government

Kevin Avruch is Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology at George Mason University. He is the author of American Immigrants in Israel: Social Identities and Change and coeditor of Conflict Resolution: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Walter P. Zenner is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Albany. He is the author of Minorities in the Middle: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, editor of Persistence and Flexibility: Anthropological Perspectives on the American Jewish Experience, and co-editor of Critical Essays on Israeli Social Issues and Scholarship: Books on Israel, Volume III, all published by SUNY Press. He also is the editor of the SUNY Press series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies.

• IntroductionWalter P. Zenner and Kevin Avruch PART I: THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT 1. Water in the Arab-Israeli Struggle: Conflict or Cooperation?Ofira Seliktar 2. Dialogue and National Consensus in the Pre-Madrid Period: Dilemmas of Israeli and Palestinian Peace ActivistsMohammed Abu-Nimer PART II: SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT 3. Neighborhood Renewal through the Establishment and through ProtestEfraim Ben-Zadok 4. Israeli Courts and Cultural AdaptationSamuel Krislov 5. Modern Jerusalem: Politics, Planning, PeopleJeff Halper PART III: RELIGION 6. Sephardic Religious Thought in Israel: Aspects of the Theology of Rabbi Haim David HaLeviZvi M. Zohar 7. Remembering the Sages of Aram Soba (Aleppo)Walter P. Zenner 8. Localizing Israeli JudaismKevin Avruch PART IV: LITERATURE AND CULTURE 9. Israeli Military Leadership During the Yom Kippur War: Reflections on the Art of ReflectionPnina Lahav 10. Sifrut HaMa'abarah (Transit Camp Literature): Literature of TransitionNancy E. Berg 11. Historical Memory: Israeli Cinema and Literature in the 1980s and 1990sNurith Gertz Notes on Contributors

"This volume is unique in two ways: it covers a variety of disciplines—political science, history, sociology, anthropology, literature, and cultural studies—and it reviews the recent literature in these areas. Still, it maintains a distinct sense of integration. Experts and non-experts alike want to keep abreast of what's being written about Israel. This volume provides a means to do so." — James D. Armstrong, State University of New York, Plattsburgh