Women in Israel

Esther Hertzog is head of the department of social behavior sciences at Zefat Academic College. She edited Life, Death and Sacrifice: Women and Family in the Holocaust (Gefen, 2008) co-edited Perspectives on Israeli Anthropology (Wayne State University Press, 2010); Patrons of Women (Berghahn Books, 2011) and many articles and chapters, as well as hundreds of articles in Israeli dailies.

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Introduction: Studying Israeli Society as a Feminist Anthropologist



Part I: Gender and Feminism from Anthropological Perspectives



Chapter 1. Female Anthropologists Challenging Academia from the Margins

Chapter 2. Violence Against Jewish and Arab Women in Israel: Anthropological Perspectives on Two Documentary Films

Chapter 3. Anthropological, Feminist and Personal Reflections on My Mother's Holocaust



Part II: Gender Power Relations in Politics, Education and Sports



Chapter 4. Women’s Political Parties in Israel: Their Unrecognized Significance and Potential

Chapter 5. Gender Matters in Education: Blaming Women for Government’s Failure

Chapter 6. Male Dominance under Threat: Machoism Confronts Female Defiance in the Gym with Assaf Lev



Part III: Motherhood and the Israeli Welfare State



Chapter 7. Motherhood under Control: Ideology and Reality in the Israeli Welfare State

Chapter 8. The Socialization of Immigrants from Ethiopia as Welfare Clients



Part IV: Feminist Activism and Women's Empowerment



Chapter 9. Women’s Parliament: Politics from a Feminist Perspective

Chapter 10. Young Women’s Parliament: Bridging the Divide between Israeli Jewish and Arab High School Girls with Andrea Blanch

Chapter 11. The Feminist Struggle Against Pornography in Israel



Epilogue: Wrapping up: Conclusions and Prospects for the Future



References

Index