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Author: Dvora Hacohen Publisher: Syracuse University Press ISBN: 9780815629900 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 348
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May 1948: a dramatically reborn Israel put out the call for Jews to return to their new homeland. Between 1948 and 1951, over one million Jews from disparate nations across the world converge upon Israel, doubling its population and creating a unique, exhilarating socio-cultural quilt. But ramifications upon Israeli society and nationhood would be profound and long lasting. The new immigrants who were granted citizenship and the right to vote upon their arrival in Israel had an immense impact on Israeli politics. The relationship that developed then between immigrants and veteran Israelis left their mark on society and culture, creating fault lines that have deepened over the years: the ethnic rift between Jews of European extraction and those from Islamic countries, the rupture between religious and secular Jews, and the socio-economic polarization that ensued from these rifts. Most stunningly, Dvora Hacohen uncovers revelations about the inconsistency between grand ambitions to activate an "ingathering of exiles" and the nation's ability to handle such an event. She argues that the tidal wave of immigration in 1948 was not spontaneous as supposed, and Jewish agency executives and government officials favored gradual selective immigration over the open door policy that prevailed. She also explores the fate of Palestinian Jews and the roles played by various internal and global factions and adverse Arab neighbors.
Author: Dvora Hacohen Publisher: Syracuse University Press ISBN: 9780815629900 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 348
Book Description
May 1948: a dramatically reborn Israel put out the call for Jews to return to their new homeland. Between 1948 and 1951, over one million Jews from disparate nations across the world converge upon Israel, doubling its population and creating a unique, exhilarating socio-cultural quilt. But ramifications upon Israeli society and nationhood would be profound and long lasting. The new immigrants who were granted citizenship and the right to vote upon their arrival in Israel had an immense impact on Israeli politics. The relationship that developed then between immigrants and veteran Israelis left their mark on society and culture, creating fault lines that have deepened over the years: the ethnic rift between Jews of European extraction and those from Islamic countries, the rupture between religious and secular Jews, and the socio-economic polarization that ensued from these rifts. Most stunningly, Dvora Hacohen uncovers revelations about the inconsistency between grand ambitions to activate an "ingathering of exiles" and the nation's ability to handle such an event. She argues that the tidal wave of immigration in 1948 was not spontaneous as supposed, and Jewish agency executives and government officials favored gradual selective immigration over the open door policy that prevailed. She also explores the fate of Palestinian Jews and the roles played by various internal and global factions and adverse Arab neighbors.
Author: Yair Zalmanovitch Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 0791489604 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 277
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Who makes public policy in vital services that are paid for by the government but provided by autonomous non-governmental agencies? This book explores this question through the prism of Israel's unique not-for-profit health system, drawing heavily on unpublished archival sources and interviews with key players. Starting with the system's roots in Israel's pre-state period, it traces the almost century-long struggle between the country's largest healthcare provider, Kupat Holim, and successive Israeli governments for control of the tools of policy making: allocation, regulation, and restructuring. It analyzes how Kupat Holim acquired and exercised a veto over healthcare policy, and then, how, under the pressure of changing social developments and party politics, its veto was eroded and finally lost in the health reform of the 1990s. Entering the current debates on health reform and government by proxy, the author questions whether the reform actually improved healthcare, as promised, or allowed the government to renege on its responsibilities.
Author: Shifra Shvarts Publisher: University Rochester Press ISBN: 9781580462792 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 374
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The author investigates the political and social forces that influenced Israel's health care system and policy during the early years of state building. Among the struggles Shvarts explores in this penetrating study are the debate over immigration health policy and the Law of Return, enacted in 1950; the battles over universal health care between the Workers' Health Fund and the Israeli government led by prime minister Ben Gurion; the urgent organization of military medical services during wartime; and the contested establishment of renown civilian medical facilities. These early conflicts have had far-reaching implications that continue to be felt throughout Israeli society. While many European countries successfully established unified, state-run health care systems, Israel's political rivalries and social turbulence gave rise to a m'elange of "sick funds," large and small, public and private, that influence and complicate the delivery of health care to this day. This book sheds light on the major conflicts, leaders, and historic events that shaped the current Israeli health care system, and has relevance to developing health care systems worldwide.
Author: Abraham Daniel Publisher: Transaction Publishers ISBN: 9781412827232 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 236
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In spite of its considerable achievements, the labor economy in Israel has become a subject of contention and one that poses many challenges for the student and for the researcher who attempts to trace the obvious and the concealed mechanisms that function within it. The big problem--one that transcends nation and party--is can socialist enterprise and democratic politics coexist? The labor enterprises of Israel are divided in these two volumes into cooperative societies and administrative enterprises. The structure of the cooperative enterprises is presented in volume one; while the second volume focuses entirely on problems of the institutional economy within "Hevrat Ovdim, "the economic arm of the "Histadrut "(General Federation of Labor). In a world seeking real answers to labor-management strife and more meaningful attitudes toward work, these volumes are essential. Contents Volume II: Preface / Introduction: The Institutional Economy THE PRINCIPAL ENTERPRISES Solel Boneh / Koor Industries and Crafts Co. Ltd. / Mixed Enterprises / Financial and Mutual Assistance Activities--Bank Hapoalim Ltd. / Hassneh Israel Insurance Co. Ltd. / Insurance and Pension Funds / Gmul Investment Company Ltd. / The Sick Fund "Kupat Holim" THE LABOR ECONOMY -- ACHIEVEMENTS AND OBJECTIVES Functional Structure of Hevrat Ovdim / Institutionalization and Adaptation in Hevrat Ovdim / Problems and Prospects: The Economic Aspect; Ideological and Social Aspect / Workers Participation in the Management of Histadrut Industries / Appendices / Selected Bibliography / Index
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health Publisher: ISBN: Category : Medical care Languages : en Pages : 650
Author: Avi Bareli Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004357858 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 300
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This new research investigates socio-political and ethnic-cultural conflicts over wage gaps in Israel during the 1950s. The Academic Middle-Class Rebellion exposes the struggle of the Ashkenazi (European) professional elite to capitalize on its advantages during the first decade of Israeli statehood, by attempting to maximize wage gaps between themselves and the new Oriental Jewish proletariat. This struggle was met with great resistance from the government under the ruling party, Mapai, and its leader David Ben-Gurion. The clash between the two sides revealed diverse, contradictory visions of the optimal socio-economic foundation for establishing collective identity in the new nation-state. The study by Avi Bareli and Uri Cohen uncovers patterns that merged nationalism and socialism in 1950s Israel confronting a liberal and meritocratic vision.
Author: Dvora Hacohen
Author: Dvora Hacohen
Author: Yair Zalmanovitch
Author: Shifra Shvarts
Author: Abraham Daniel
Author: Robert L. Kane
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Author: Avi Bareli
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