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Between State and Synagogue - The Secularization of Contemporary Israel (Hardcover, New)
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Between State and Synagogue - The Secularization of Contemporary Israel (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
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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, as this
thoughtful new book by 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. This book makes an important and timely
contribution to the study of contemporary Israeli society, as new
alliances are being forged in the political arena.
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