During the postwar period of 1948–56, over 400,000 Jews from the Middle East and Asia
immigrated to the newly established state of Israel. By the end of the 1950s, Mizrahim, also …

While authenticity has become a main axiological principle in late-modernity, a desired good
and token of worth, studies from different countries indicate inequality in access to …

This article examines the historical and social conditions that molded the development of the
ethnic category of “Sephardim” within haredi (ultra-Orthodox) society in Israel. The …

As a first-generation college student (FGCS), I have never felt entirely comfortable with this
label, both in academic spaces and in various personal family situations. The notion of being …

This article belongs to the series presenting our ongoing ethnographic project on the
Russian-Israeli Generation 1.5. It discusses the nexus between immigrant identity, civic …

The potentiality of converting capitals in new national fields following migration has been the
focus of a number of studies. Another, much smaller, literature examines experiences of …

This article explores the assimilation of second-generation migrants from the Former Soviet
Union (FSU) who grew up in Israel's social and geographic urban periphery. Their …

The existence of socio-economic disparities between the geographic periphery and cities in
the center is common in many countries. The study evaluates the influence of small …

In recent months, an unfamiliar word, ha-datah (based on the Hebrew word dat, or religion),
has taken over public discourse in Israel. A neologism recently coined by the Academy of …

This paper focuses on Kochav-Yair and Oranit, two localities that exemplify the Israeli
Suburban Settlement phenomenon. With the first being developed by a selective group of …