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 Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2004, 76.2% of Israelis were Jews by religion.
According to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2004, of Israel's 6.9 million people, 76.2% were Jews, 19.5% Arabs, and 4.3% "others".
Israel's Jewish population continued to grow at a very high rate for some years, and was fed by further waves of Jewish immigration following the collapse of the USSR.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel   (4087 words)

  
 Fifty Years of Culture in Israel
As we have seen, Israel's cultural founding fathers and mothers perceived a national imperative in creating one society where ethnic individuality and varied cultural backgrounds would be subsumed within a homogenous "Israeli" society.
Israel is a multi-cultural society, and it is now accepted that the country stands only to benefit from retaining cultural individuality while striving to achieve a parallel Israeli culture which will absorb and be enriched by the manifold strands that make up the whole.
Israel in 1948: a country of 650,000 Jews; just three years after the annihilation of six million Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe.
http://www.newyork.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH012o0   (2215 words)

  
 Jewish Culture in Israel — No Apologies Necessary
Israel is already a “state of all its citizens” in that all Israelis — Jews and non-Jews alike — have the right to vote and other basic rights.
Israel must preserve its uniquely Jewish character; to abandon it would be no different than acquiescing to those who seek to delegitimize the Jewish state altogether.
As for the cultural discomfort of minorities — the sense of feeling “left out” — if they are not harassed, if their religious institutions and schools are free to express what they wish, that is all that is required; the highest standard has been met.
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=1626   (1345 words)

  
 Beta-Israel History and Culture
In the hope of reaching Israel and family members, the remaining residents of the Jewish villages began to flow out of the highlands towards Addis Ababa.
Most Ethiopians Jews emigrated to Israel in two massive waves: "Operation Moses" in 1984 and "Operation Solomon" in 1991.
The Beta-Israel community in Israel today comprises close to 80,000 immigrants and their Israeli born children.
http://www.almaya.org.il/content/beta/culture.htm   (921 words)

  
 People and Culture (from Israel) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Israel has had to forge a nation from the diverse Jewish people who immigrated from all parts of the world, while trying to integrate a large Arab minority.
The State of Israel lies at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, within the region known as the Middle East.
Almost 80 percent of the country's people are Jews, and most of the rest are Palestinian Arabs.
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article-203047?tocId=203047&ct=   (897 words)

  
 Israel's Culture of Martyrdom
For most of Israel's Jewish population, the trial provided a rite of passage, imbuing them with the sense that they were all, in a way, Holocaust survivors and that another Holocaust might be imminent.
The worst abuses of the Holocaust in Israel, however, have occurred in the midst of debates between Jews, particularly the controversies around the territories occupied in 1967.
The question in Israel today is whether this heroic period has come to an end or whether the prevailing ideology of the 1948 war will last another hundred years, until the entire "Land of Israel" is "liberated." To choose the former option is to grant priority to the lives of Israel's citizens, Jewish and Arab.
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20050110&s=kimmerling   (6069 words)

  
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The good news for Israel is that it has won: it is indeed the center of the Jewish world.
Shlichim could be American Jews in England and vice-versa, Canadian Jews in France and vice-versa, and Israeli Jews in the Diaspora, and, dare I say it, vice versa too.
It no longer positions the land or the State of Israel at the center of the Jewish world, because, sociologically at least, that notion is becoming increasingly meaningless.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3120533,00.html   (816 words)

  
 Hoppa - Culture in Israel
Israel, Magazines The web site of the highly acclaimed newsmagazine covering Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Israel, the United States, News, Judaism, Jews, Newsletters Jewish World Review magazine: Don Feder, Barbara Amiel, Mona Charen, Dr. Laura, Tony Snow, John Leo, Paul Greenberg, Linda Chavez, Cal Thomas, Nat Hentoff arts, politics, history, kids' stuff and more, all directly or indirectly Jewish.
Tel Aviv, History, Judaism, Museums, Jews Beth Hatefutsoth is a cultural and educational institution providing multiple avenues of personal historical identification.
http://hoppa.com/il/Culture   (406 words)

  
 Israel Education and Action Committee
Israel Education and Action Committee Israel and Us Sponsored by The Israeli Education and Action Committee at Temple Sinai - committed to overseeing and facilitating learning opportunities that broaden our understanding of Israel's politics, history and culture...
Temple Sinai recognizes our responsibility as a synagogue community to the State of Israel, as a Jewish and democratic state, within the broader context of our responsibility to k’lal Yisrael, Jews world-wide.
This committee is charged with carrying out our congregational responsibilities to the State of Israel.
http://www.sinaibrookline.org/page.php/id/493   (711 words)

  
 Israel Doing Business Cross Cultural Training
Many businesspeople from the States come to Israel, expecting to do business, as if they were still in New York, California or Texas.
Many Israeli businesspeople have traveled and learned about other cultures and have been successful in working abroad.
The exchange of business cards is not an established ritual in Israel.
http://www.israelpr.com/doingbusiness.html   (2555 words)

  
 RABBI OVADIA YOSEF AND HIS CULTURE WAR IN ISRAEL
But their primary claim to hegemony in Israel, and their dream of a state of Israel based on the Halacha, is anchored in the precepts laid down by Rabbi Yosef Karo.
The goal was "to create a new autonomous and genuine Israeli culture, which is implicitly counterpoised to the discredited 'exile mentality' putatively characterizing Jewish groups before immigration to Israel."(13) Furthermore, the state viewed the traditional culture of the Sephardim as hindering their integration into the Western-style modern democratic society that was emerging.
Upon arrival in Israel, the traditional culture of the Sephardim was looked down on because the dominant Israeli ideology put a strong emphasis on the Negation of Exile (shelilat hagalut), the Israeli version of the melting pot.
http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2000/issue4/jv4n4a3.html   (3715 words)

  
 Meretz Parties Politics Society and Culture Israel Middle East Regional
In Israel, some of the Arab parties and the Zionist left (Meretz and the Labor Party under Amir Peretz) want, explicitly, to renew peace negotiations...
In Israel, some of the Arab parties and the Zionist left (Meretz and Labor under Peretz) want, explicitly, to renew peace negotiations unconditionally.
Meretz Parties Politics Society and Culture Israel Middle East Regional
http://www.iaswww.com/ODP/Regional/Middle_East/Israel/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/Meretz   (386 words)

  
 A Virtual Travel to Israel - Medinat Yisra'él - Israel Tourism
In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations are being conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives (from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip) and Israel and Syria, to achieve a permanent settlement.
Overview of Israels History by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Basic information about Israel and its people, offering material on the Israeli government and its policies.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/israel.htm   (1032 words)

  
 Culture of Israel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The culture of Israel, also called "Israeli culture", is inseparable from long history of Judaism and Jewish history which preceded it (i.e.
However, this article concerns only the cultural aspects of the modern Israeli state.
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem houses the Dead Sea Scrolls along with an extensive collection of Jewish religious and folk art.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Israel   (643 words)

  
 Israel Culture Week 2004: "Israel: We're Lovin' It"
At the fair, there were about 15 different stations focusing mostly on the culture of Israel, but also including information on the history of Israel and about current issues.
During a political discussion, students were able to voice their opinions about Israel and have a discussion about the current events in Israel.
As a result, we hope the Jewish students become more involved with Israel advocacy, and the Christians will be more supportive of Israel.
http://www.hillel.org/Hillel/exchange.nsf/0/F6BFD8A718F8142585256E9100666B51?OpenDocument   (1085 words)

  
 Yahoodi.com
Despite its significance to the Jewish Nation, the State of Israel has failed to alleviate most of this trauma, and has not reduced the levels of antisemitism - it has simply allowed antisemites to masquerade themselves under the new banner of "anti-Zionism".
Furthermore, the Israeli appeasers are selling our homeland, our patrimony, for empty promises of the paradise of peace, and are willing to let Israel's own demographic problem extinguish the Jewish character of that State, and with it the last gasp of the Jewish People.
These solutions and responses are so integrated into the Jewish psyche that they have been passed down from generation to generation, displaying themselves even in relatively free societies, even in America and the recently liberated homeland, Israel.
http://www.yahoodi.com   (446 words)

  
 CULTURE DIGEST: Israel boycott launched by Presb. assembly - (BP)
"The resolution implies that Israel, the only democracy in the region, and a country that allows unrestricted freedom of worship to Christians, should be stigmatized as apartheid," he wrote in a column that appeared on ChristianityToday.com.
"This is a well-known euphemism for turning Israel from a Jewish state into another state with a Palestinian majority.
"I think the issue of divestment is a very sensitive one with Israel," Makari said.
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=18843   (1056 words)

  
 NIC - soc.culture.israel
A forum for the discussion Israeli society, culture and politics; presentation of news about Israel, and as a forum for debate among Israelis and other interested persons.
http://www.ibiblio.org/usenet-i/groups-html/soc.culture.israel.html   (53 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:Middle East:Israel:Society and Culture
The State of Israel was created in 1948.
Sites relating to the ancient land of Israel should be submitted to Society: History: By Time Period: Ancient: Israel
Sites submitted to this category should be about Israel or about Israeli citizens.
http://dmoz.org/Regional/Middle_East/Israel/Society_and_Culture/desc.html   (316 words)

  
 Guide to Midwestern Culture
He also has issued stinging criticisms of Israel, calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map" and describing the Nazi Holocaust as a "myth."
His remarks drew swift condemnation from Israel, Germany and the European Commission.
During his presidential campaign, Ahmadinejad also promised to confront what he called the Western cultural invasion of Iran and promote Islamic values.
http://mwguide.blogspot.com   (6326 words)

  
 Israel Culture
Until recently, Israel's culture has been predominantly religious, be it Jewish, Christian or Muslim.
Although the hoe-that-field, pick-that-fruit, scoutlike kibbutz feeling is still in evidence, and although Judaism is the state religion, Israel is rapidly turning into a cosmopolitan consumerist society.
Klezmer, the knees-up violin-based Yiddish folk music, is hugely popular in Israel and has spread its tentacles to Jewish communities around the world.
http://www.traveldocs.com/il/culture.htm   (326 words)

  
 yaledailynews.com - Mozes presents documentary about youth culture in Israel
Leiter said the large number of Israel supporters at the screening did not bother him.
At the talk, Mozes, 25, said she was frustrated because she thinks many people misunderstand her country.
"I thought that was a little overblown, but [the idea of Palestinian anger is] definitely in the public consciousness in Israel," Noam Greenberg '07 said.
http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=23919   (751 words)

  
 Profile: Winemaking and Wine Culture Booming In Israel
NA'AMAM WALIM (Winemaker): People in Israel are looking for new things all the time.
It opened in 1984, 17 years after Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria.
GRADSTEIN: Wine critic Livny sees the newfound Israeli interest in wine as a way to escape the complicated politics of Israel, at least for a while.
http://www.npr.org/programs/day/transcripts/2005/aug/050802.gradstein   (825 words)

  
 Jewish/Israel Culture - Link Launcher
Israel Folktale Archives - Jewish Folklore in Israel
Movies where Israel is mentioned in the plot
Ariel - The State of Cinema in Israel
http://pages.infinit.net/jackross/jt-culture.htm   (1820 words)

  
 Culture of Israel and its history
It is so different because of the mixture of Jews that have immigrated from all nations.
Found in the Sea of Galilee during a drout
Israel was told by God that if they forsook him and his ways that no nation on earth would receive more damnation than they would.
http://www.thunderministries.net/Israel/israel.htm   (263 words)

  
 Kid's Culture Corner-Israel
Holidays: Israel is officially a Jewish state, so many of the holidays celebrated are the same as the holidays celebrated and observed by Jews all over the world.
In addition, Israel also celebrates Independence Day, commemorating the creation of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.
around the world who provide live-in child care during a year-long cultural exchange.
http://www.aifs.com/aupair/kcc/kcc_israel.htm   (235 words)

  
 Religion & Culture in Ancient Israel by J. Andrew Dearman @ CenturyOne Bookstore
The goal of any textbook is to provide (1) information in a systematic manner and (2) to hold the interest of the reader so that the author's message gets across to his or her audience.
This is no less true in the ancient Near Eastern world for the nation of Israel.
For anyone wanting to study the living religion of Israel and the culture that it shaped and by which it was itself shaped, Dearman offers a cogent, sane, and thought-provoking inquiry.
http://www.centuryone.com/3465-9.html   (454 words)

  
 israelinsider: Culture: Staying in Israel
Because of the 'situation' around him, Daniel Gordis wrote extensively, documenting what was going on in his new home in Israel as the weeks of violence stretched into months, and then into years.
Publisher's Weekly said Gordis is a "provocative and penetrating observer." This book, an account of a family's struggles in the realities of modern day Israel, is both powerful and immensely moving.
Determined to stay in Israel, Gordis concludes, "We think that the State of Israel is one of those things that is worth living our lives for...
http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l3474&enZone=Culture&enVersion=0&   (945 words)

  
 Hemdat - Council for Freedom of Science, Religion and Culture in Israel
believes that the growing disparagement, and overt religious discrimination against Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel undermines the unity of the Jewish People and threatens to destroy the ties of the majority of world Jewry with Israel.
has established and administers the broad activist-advocacy Freedom Front to block the continuing attempts by the Ultra-Orthodox/Haredi political parties to force Orthodox lifestyle on the general population of Israel;
Hemdat - Council for Freedom of Science, Religion and Culture in Israel
http://www.hemdat.org   (372 words)

  
 Culture
The Embassy of Israel in Wellington is putting together an Israeli cultural program for New Zealand during 1997.
Here are some Links to Israeli culture orientated Pages.
On the other hand, we are helping to organise a New Zealand film festival in Israel's major cities during April 1997.
http://users.iconz.co.nz/israel/culture.htm   (83 words)

  
 WUNC 91.5fm the state of things Audio Archive » Popular Culture in Israel and Palestine
The new book, “Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture” (Duke University Press/2005) rounds up several provocative ideas about the ways in which Israelis and Palestinians exchange information, and messages of anger and hope through popular culture.
Audio Archive » Popular Culture in Israel and Palestine
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http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/index.php?p=377   (118 words)

  
 gmane.culture.hackers.israel
Open Source Developers' Conference, Israel, 2006 As anounced earlier the Israeli Perl Mongers (http://www.perl.org.il/) and the Israeli Python Community (http://www.python.org.il/) is organizing a joint conference where we would like to invite users of other related Open Source technologies to give talks as well.
Best Regards, Uri Even-Chen Speedy Net Raanana, Israel.
Split from Linux-IL, Hackers-IL is a low-volume list for those who consider themselves hackers (not necessarily in relation with computers), with relation to Israel.
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.hackers.israel   (1983 words)

  
 Israel.now
Discuss Israeli and Jewish culture and relationships, and Israeli culture exchange with foreign relations.Get information about Israel's domestic culture and cultural scene.
Listen to Israeli radio news, music and watch Israeli TV.
The Israeli culture, Music and much more for you and me and us and all.
http://groups.msn.com/israelnow/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us   (113 words)

  
 israel culture and other israel related information
Israel Center of Conservative Judaism, 167-11 73rd Ave., Flushing, NY 11366.
Israel Fest 2000 was a campus-wide festival recognizing Israeli culture and tradition.
Facts About Israel: Culture ACUM - Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers in Israel Beit Hagefen - Arab/Jewish Cultural Center "Eshkolot" - The Israeli Artists' Company for Performers...
http://www.nethorde.com/israel/israel-culture.html   (266 words)

  
 articleM
Various suggestions were raised over the years concerning these culturals units and especially their chronological relations one to the other, but none has gained any scholarly concensus(1).
The excavations at Sha`ar Hagolan and the analysis of the finds were made possible through grants from the Israel National Council for Research and Development, the Irene Sala CARE Archaeological Foundation, and the Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In this article we will concentrate on the most well defined unit which is the Yarmukian Culture.
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/Archaeology/golan/articlem.htm   (224 words)

  
 Israel Shotridge--Tlingit Culture
Send questions or comments about this web site to webmaster@shotridgestudios.com.
Israel says his mother has been a huge inspiration when it comes to knowing about his Tlingit culture and his career.
To Israel, moral support from Esther and his family is an important aspect of his career.
http://www.shotridgestudios.com/culture-essay.html   (1825 words)

  
 israel today > Culture
Orthodox Jewish Israeli Robert Israel Aumann of Jerusalem received this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics for his research and contribution to expanding man’s understanding of conflict resolution based on the Game Theory (see box).
For 11 years, the Jerusalem Circus Association has been dedicated to circus arts in Israel through the teamwork of Jews and Arabs.
At the 29th meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee held in Durban, South Africa, 17 new World Heritage sites were named, seven of which are in Israel.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/Default.aspx?tabid=137&view=item&idx=591   (341 words)

  
 Sex Roles: A Journal of Research: On the gendered nature of mobile phone culture in Israel
The unique cultural characteristics of Israeli society may serve to explain this phenomenon.
Israel was even leading the Scandinavian countries, known for their high penetration of the mobile phone: Sweden had 88.89 subscribers per 100 inhabitants.
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU, 2004), Israel had 95.45 mobile phone subscribers for every 100 inhabitants, compared for example, with only 48.81 in the United States.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_7-8_52/ai_n13815576   (1373 words)

  
 Coffee In Israel (INeedCoffee.com)
As Israelis began traveling the influence of modern European culture became more prevalent.
This attitude is rooted in the culture of the Middle East itself.
This culture carries over into civilian life when families go out camping.
http://www.ineedcoffee.com/00/08/israel   (728 words)

  
 Israel Business Etiquette, Culture - Doing Business in Israel
Tami Lancut Leibovitz has written a number of articles, published several best sellers and regularly appears on Israeli national radio and television.
As a graduate and active member of the AICI (Association of Image Consultants International), she has been operating in the field of Image Communication for more than 23 years in Israel and abroad.
This guide to Israel business etiquette and culture covers many aspects of doing business in Israel.
http://www.executiveplanet.com/business-etiquette/Israel.html   (615 words)

  
 Political Culture in Israel: Eva Etzioni-Halevy: ISBN 0275902633
Political Culture in Israel: Cleavage and Integration Among Israeli Jews
This book is part of the Praeger Special Studies in International Politics and Government.
Political Culture in Israel: Eva Etzioni-Halevy: ISBN 0275902633
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/0275902633   (131 words)

  
 Exchanging culture with Israel :artshub.com.au For Australian Arts Workers
There’s a lot of great stuff in Israel that needs to be seen, but it's also a case of finding out what people are interested in here.’
This is certainly the view of Keith Lawrence, the British head of the newly established Australian Israel Cultural Exchange (AICE), based in Melbourne.
The British Council is the most active international cultural organisation in Israel and so I became firmly entrenched in the arts scene there.
http://www.artshub.com.au/ahau1/news/news.asp?Id=37380   (633 words)

  
 Popular Music and National Culture in Israel
A unique Israeli national culture--indeed, the very nature of "Israeliness"--remains a matter of debate, a struggle to blend vying memories and backgrounds, ideologies and wills.
Shirei Eretz Yisrael (Songs of the Land of Israel)
A major ethnographic undertaking, describing and analyzing the particular history, characteristics, and practices of each music culture, Popular Music and National Culture in Israel maps not only the complex field of Israeli popular music but also Israeli culture in general.
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9319.html   (301 words)

  
 Israel Shotridge--Tlingit Culture
Send questions or comments about this web site to webmaster@shotridgestudios.com.
Willy Jackson, Israel's brother, is shown here wearing his Bear headdress proudly.
Shown left to right: Sue and Israel Shotridge, mother Esther, brother Norman, sister Betsy, brother Richard and nephew Robert (front).
http://shotridgestudios.com/culture.html   (194 words)

  
 The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Culture
DER's Web catalog contains over 250 films & videos about people & cultures on six continents.
FranceWay is dedicated to France, its culture, how to, and more.
Deutsche Datenquellen has set up a server at University of Karlsruhe that contains info about culture related studies in Germany (Only available in German language).
http://hirsch.cosy.sbg.ac.at/www-virtual-library_culture.html   (619 words)

  
 Culture of Israel
Israeli culture is inseparable from the Jewish culture which preceded it (i.e.
In this article we shall discuss only the cultural aspects of the State of Israel...
Critics generally agree that the three main figures in the modern poetry of the first decades ("Dor-Hamedina" - Hebrew for "The State Generation") were Yehuda Amikhai, Natan Zach and David Avidan.
http://www.teachersparadise.com/ency/en/wikipedia/c/cu/culture_of_israel.html   (110 words)

  
 Borochov, Ber History Society and Culture Israel Middle East Regional
Regional- Middle East- Israel- Society and Culture- History- Borochov, Ber
Borochov, Ber History Society and Culture Israel Middle East Regional
http://www.iaswww.com/ODP/Regional/Middle_East/Israel/Society_and_Culture/History/Borochov,_Ber   (109 words)

  
 FOCUS on ISRAEL (Culture)
Four thousand years of Jewish heritage and over four decades of modern statehood have contributed to an Israeli culture which strives to create an identity of its own, while preserving the uniqueness of each contributing community.
n immigrant society, its creative expression has absorbed many different cultural and social influences, as the traditions of each group not only contend with those of other groups, but also confront the country's recent history and life in a Middle Eastern context.
Emerging from the encounter between the individuals and the society, it blends tradition and innovation, steers a course between Israeli particularism and universal elements, and grows from a conflict between artistic freedom and the need to cater to public tastes.
http://www.focusmm.com/israel/is_cu_01.htm   (219 words)

  
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Shiri Maimon will represent Israel in the 2005
Maimon rose to fame when she finished second in Israel’s “A Star is Born” television show, which is similar to “American Idol” in the United States.
Israel has won the contest three times, most recently in 1998 when Dana International performed the song "Diva." The other Israeli winners were Izar Cohen and Alpha-Beta with the song "A-ba-ni-bi" (1978) and Gali Atari and Milk & Honey with Hallelujah (1979).
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3053489,00.html   (298 words)

  
 Archeology and Culture in Israel
One of the most intriguing minority groups in Israel are the Druse.
They are an Arab-speaking minority, and their religion evolved from Islam in 11th century Egypt.
Although the Shalom al Yisrael synagogue was dismantled for souvenirs and building stones towards the beginning of the century, the Bar'am Synagogue has remained well-preserved over the millenia.
http://www.malkiya.co.il/archpol.htm   (721 words)

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