, which has distorting effects. This position is further demonstrated by the words of Ephraim Kleiman, a professor of economics at the Hebrew University, who, in a discussion on economic policy, emphasized that the university’s economists did not oppose
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The New Economic Policy of 1962
How Israeli Economists Almost Changed the Israeli Economy
Ronen Mandelkern
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 41–60 (20 total)
Bringing Politics Back In
Embedded Neoliberalism in Israel during Rabin's Second Government
Arie Krampf, Uri Ansenberg, and Barak Zur
ratio of “dependent individuals” (children and the elderly) to the population. References Achdut , Lea , and Gideon Yaniv . 2000 . “ Annual Review .” [In Hebrew.] Jerusalem : National Insurance Institute . Achdut , Lea , Refaela
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 1–35 (35 total)
Yoram Peri and Paul L. Scham
Hebrew literature into other languages, from 1948 to the present. Yael Halevi-Wise and Madeleine Gottesman examine the implications of translating the literature of a language that is ‘small’ by world standards but whose modern literature necessarily
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(secular) right and another that comments on the English translation of Hillel Cohen’s Year Zero of the Israeli-Arab Conflict: 1929 ( Tarpat in Hebrew), which created quite a stir in Israel when it was originally published. We also review a new book on
Jewish Secular-Believer Women in Israel
A Complex and Ambivalent Identity
Hagar Lahav
)—mean by their self-identification? To begin investigating this question, one should first realize that, in contrast to Protestantism, Judaism is first and foremost a religion of practice ( Dan 1997 ). Even the Hebrew word for ‘religion’ ( dat ) itself
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 66–88 (23 total)
Menachem Klein
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was quoted in the Hebrew newspaper Ha’aretz two days later: To our Jewish fellow natives of the homeland, to those who were cheated by Zionism, to those who understand the goals and damage of Zionism—to them we extend our
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2017
- Article Type:
- Review Article
- Pages:
- 146–163 (18 total)
Yagil Levy
://www.pcbs.gov.ps/portals/_pcbs/PressRelease/Press_En_IntPopDy2017E.pdf ; Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, press release, “The Muslim Population in Israel” [in Hebrew], http://www.cbs.gov.il/reader/newhodaot/hodaa_template.html?hodaa=201811249 . 2 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, “Population by District
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 58–76 (19 total)
Israeli Theater for Youth
Performing History of Mizrahi Jews
Naphtaly Shem-Tov
in building a new life in Israel. According to Oz Almog (2000) , Hebrew culture ascribes a number of virtues to the sabra: he is perceived as ‘chosen’ and is unique, courageous, smart, sturdy, and healthy. His moral behavior fulfills the Zionist
In Israel Studies Review
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 81–104 (24 total)
’s literature through the books of Devorah Omer: the NILI espionage group during World War I and the story of Itamar Ben-Avi, the first native speaker of modern Hebrew. Shikhmanter weaves together politics and differing historical narratives to show how Omer
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also break an ISR tradition in the process. To date, ISR has reviewed only books in English, but this time we include a book in Hebrew: Uri Ram’s study of Martin Buber’s impact on Israeli society, on which we are publishing two reviews that present