The Multicultural Challenge in Israel

Introduction: Avi Sagi and Ohad Nactomy. Constitutional Incrementalism and Material Entrenchment - Hanna Lerner. Who is Afraid of Language Rights in Israel? - Meital Pinto. The Voice of the People: Language and State in Israel - Tamar Hostovsky Brandes. The Hand in Hand Bilingual Education Model: Vision and Challenges - Muhammad Amara. Cultural and Normative Duality in Israeli Society - Yedidia Z. Stern. Society and Law in Israel: Between a Rights Discourse and an Identity Discourse - Avi Sagi. Transcending the Secularization vs. Traditionalization Discourse: Jewish-Israeli Traditionists, the Post-Secular, and the Possibilities of Multiculturalism - Yaacov Yadgar. Service in the IDF and the Boundaries of Israel's Jewish Collective - Asher Cohen and Bernard Susser. Ideas vs. Reality: Multiculturalism and Religious-Zionism - Dov Schwartz. The Suffering of the Other: Teaching the Holocaust ot Arabs and Jews - Avihu Ronen. The Jewish Holidays as a Platform for a Multicultural Discourse of Identity - Rina Hevlin. The Multiple-Ethnic Synagogue in Israel - Nissim Leon. "We pay our Taxes and Serve in the Army": Ethnography and the Challenge of Multiculturism - Meirav Aharon. Multiculturalism in Israel: Linguistic Perspective - Michael Tanenbaum. Abstracts. Contributors. Index of Subjects. Index of Names.