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Between State and Synagogue: The Secularization of Contemporary Israel
Contributor(s): Ben-Porat, Guy (Author)

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 ISBN: 110700344X     ISBN-13: 9781107003446
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $94.04  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World - General
Dewey: 322.109
LCCN: 2012023185
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.10 lbs) 284 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Choice 11/01/2013
 
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A thriving, yet small, liberal component in Israeli society has frequently taken issue with the constraints imposed by religious orthodoxy, largely with limited success. However, Guy Ben-Porat suggests, in recent years, in part because of demographic changes and in part because of the influence of an increasingly consumer-oriented society, dramatic changes have occurred in secularization of significant parts of public and private lives. Even though these fissures often have more to do with lifestyle choices and economics than with political or religious ideology, the demands and choices of a secular public and a burgeoning religious presence in the government are becoming ever more difficult to reconcile. The evidence, which the author has accrued from numerous interviews and a detailed survey, is nowhere more telling than in areas that demand religious sanction such as marriage, burial, the sale of pork, and the operation of businesses on the Sabbath.

Contributor Bio(s): Ben-Porat, Guy: - Dr Guy Ben-Porat has been with the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Ben-Gurion University since 2001. He is a co-author of Israel Since 1980 (2008) and co-editor of The Contradictions of Israeli Citizenship: Land, Religion and State (2011).
 
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