Eliezer Ben-Rafael

As with most European Jewries today, Belgian Jewry is attacked from many directions. How are these new hardships confronted? Research shows Belgian Jews as “like” many others but “a little more” and t

This book is a major sociological analysis of the characteristics and interrelationships of ethnicity, religion, and socio-economic class in Israeli society. The analysis of ethnicity focuses on the differences among Jews from different countries of origin (from Europe, North Africa and Asia), although there is also a chapter on Palestinian Arabs in Israel. This work takes the analysis of ethnic identities and relations much further than previous studies of Israeli society, and is the first to compare the importance of ethnicity with both religion and class and to illustrate the nature of the relationships between all three divisions. The combination of sophisticated theory and research advances the study of Israeli society in particular and the study of social cleavages and conflicts within society in general.

A collection of essays by rabbis, writers, scientists, and lawyers discuss Jewish identity around the world.

Examines kibbutz life following the Israeli economic crisis of 1985, focusing on the kibbutz's dramatic transformation from a well-defined social structure to a collective identified principally by it

This book is a major sociological analysis of the characteristics and interrelationships of ethnicity, religion, and socio-economic class in Israeli society. The analysis of ethnicity focuses on the differences among Jews from different countries of origin (from Europe, North Africa and Asia), although there is also a chapter on Palestinian Arabs in Israel. This work takes the analysis of ethnic identities and relations much further than previous studies of Israeli society, and is the first to compare the importance of ethnicity with both religion and class and to illustrate the nature of the relationships between all three divisions. The combination of sophisticated theory and research advances the study of Israeli society in particular and the study of social cleavages and conflicts within society in general.

In a era which is increasingly coming to acknowledge plurality, Israel stands out as a region of astonishing diversity, with many seemingly disparate groups defining identity, commonality and differen

Eliezer and Miriam Ben-Rafael investigate world-cities’ linguistic landscapes about the intermingling influences of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism through conjunctions of t

Over the past two decades, Russian-speaking Jews from the former Soviet Union have become the majority in Germany's Jewish community. While these Jews strongly identify with world Jewry--they have som

This book is about new forms of religious activities emerging in the context of their dialectic relations with contemporary multicultural realities. World religions are effectively a major agent of th

This book is about the sociologists' analyses of the newness of our time. It discusses five conceptual perspectives: (1) Multiple modernities; (2) Globalization; (3) Multiculturalism; (4) The declinin

Presents a collection of 29 articles originally published in the mid-1980s and 1990s covering the broad range of approaches and themes that characterize Israeli sociology in the fields of language and

How can depressed communities be upgraded? One approach is to import settlers with higher status and incomes. In a unique experiment in Israel, this approach was utilized, and the results are the focu

Having all been members of Israeli kibbutzim, Ben-Rafael (emeritus, sociology, Tel-Aviv U., Israel), Oved (emeritus, history, Tel Aviv U.), and Topel (Ashkelon Academic College, Israel) here present 1

This book explores whether one can still speak, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, of one Jewish people grounded on shared principles of collective identity. It brings together researchers

Jewry today is marked by transnational competing movements and local influences, meanwhile worldwide Judeophobia and sympathy for the Palestinian cause make Israel the "Jew among nations”. This volume

Jewry today is marked by transnational competing movements and local influences, meanwhile worldwide Judeophobia and sympathy for the Palestinian cause make Israel the "Jew among nations”. This volume

This book focuses on linguistic landscapes in present-day urban settings. In a wide-ranging collection of studies of major world cities, the authors investigate both the forces that shape linguistic

This book focuses on linguistic landscapes in present-day urban settings. In a wide-ranging collection of studies of major world cities, the authors investigate both the forces that shape linguistic

Have we come to the end of history? Are we in a position to engender and support different types of modernity? The contributors of these 32 essays tend toward the latter, but have another question: ar

While the Jewish diaspora serves as the paradigmatic case study of geographic/cultural dislocation, Ben-Rafael (sociology, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem; emeritus, Tel Aviv U.) compiles case and comparative

The Handbook of Israel: Major Debates serves as an academic compendium for people interested in major discussions and controversies over Israel. It provides innovative, updated and informative knowled

The Handbook of Israel: Major Debates serves as an academic compendium for people interested in major discussions and controversies over Israel. It provides innovative, updated and informative knowled