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.

“This is a fascinating book particularly because it covers the topic of women in Israel from so many different angles. That is the book's strong point. It's not eclectic but rather seamlessly flows from topic to topic, all brought together by the author's introduction.” • Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz, Bar Ilan University

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Studying Israeli Society as a Feminist AnthropologistPart I: Gender and Feminism from Anthropological PerspectivesChapter 1. Female Anthropologists Challenging Academia from the MarginsChapter 2. Violence Against Jewish and Arab Women in Israel: Anthropological Perspectives on Two Documentary FilmsChapter 3. Anthropological, Feminist and Personal Reflections on My Mother's HolocaustPart II: Gender Power Relations in Politics, Education and SportsChapter 4. Women’s Political Parties in Israel: Their Unrecognized Significance and PotentialChapter 5. Gender Matters in Education: Blaming Women for Government’s FailureChapter 6. Male Dominance under Threat: Machoism Confronts Female Defiance in the Gym with Assaf LevPart III: Motherhood and the Israeli Welfare StateChapter 7. Motherhood under Control: Ideology and Reality in the Israeli Welfare StateChapter 8. The Socialization of Immigrants from Ethiopia as Welfare ClientsPart IV: Feminist Activism and Women's EmpowermentChapter 9. Women’s Parliament: Politics from a Feminist PerspectiveChapter 10. Young Women’s Parliament: Bridging the Divide between Israeli Jewish and Arab High School Girls with Andrea BlanchChapter 11. The Feminist Struggle Against Pornography in IsraelEpilogue: Wrapping up: Conclusions and Prospects for the FutureReferencesIndex