In Search of Identity: Jewish Aspects in Israeli Culture

By Urian, Dan and Efraim Karsh (Eds.)
Frank Cass and Co., ISBN: 0714648892, $64.50

As Israel celebrates its 50th anniversary, it faces a deepening sense of crisis over identity, ironically just when hopes for peace are warily ascending.

In three sections, 16 contributors examine the national tensions involving secular and religious subcultures, the Jewishness of Israeli identity, and artistic representations of Jewish identity. This group of studies first appeared in a special issue of Israeli Affairs (ISSN 1353-7121), v. 4, nos. 3&4, Spring/Summer 1998. Includes chapter notes but no bibliography. Booknews