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Tradition, innovation, conflict :

Tradition, innovation, conflict : Jewishness and Judaism in contemporary Israel / edited by Zvi Sobel and Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1991. - 1 online resource (viii, 316 pages) : illustrations. - - SUNY series in Israeli studies . - SUNY series in Israeli studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conflict and communitas : the interplay of religion, ethnicity, and community in a Galilee village / Zvi Sobel -- Personal motivation and social meaning in the revival of hagiolatric traditions among Moroccan Jews in Israel / Yoram Bilu -- The Jerusalem funeral as a microcosm of the 'mismeeting' between religious and secular Israelis / Henry Abramovitch -- Tradition and innovation in Jewish religious education in Israel / Mordecai Bar-Lev -- The identity dilemma of non-orthodox religious movements : Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel / Ephraim Tabory -- Back to the fold : the return to Judaism / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Conversion experiences : newcomers to and defectors from Orthodox Judaism (horzim betshuvah and hozrim beshe'elah) / William Shaffir -- Judaism and the new religions in Israel : 1970-1990 / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi -- Effects of religiosity on attitudes and behavior / Leonard Weller -- Dimensions of Jewish religiosity in Israel / Peri Kedem -- Religious, ethnic, and class divisions in Israel : convergent or cross cutting? / Hanna Ayalon, Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Stephen Sharot.

Annotation A mosaic of personal knowledge and beliefs by Israeli scholars of sociology, education, and psychology, concerning the state of religion within the religious state. The 11 essays approach the investigation from the communal dimension, dissent and religious alternatives, and the religiosity factor. Considers differences between the various groups of ethnic immigrants, class divisions, and the impact of new religions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.


English.

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Judaism--Israel.
Zionism and Judaism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Judaism.
Zionism and Judaism.
Judaism.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.


Israel.


Electronic book.
Electronic books.

BM390 / T73 1991eb

306.6/095694