This article examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it is reflected in Israeli children's literature, utilizing critical, deconstructive, and postcolonial readings. Israel has been in a state of conflict with Palestinians since the day of its establishment. This ongoing conflict has found its way into Israeli children's books, many of which…

Bronfenbrenner's (1979) ecological model proposes that events in higher order social ecosystems should influence human development through their impact on events in lower order social ecosystems. This proposition was tested with respect to ecological violence and the development of children's aggression via analyses of 3 waves of data (1 wave…

Tested the action of the dissonance model on immigrants who were obliged to prepare for a new occupation. Four coping strategies were found combining high vs. low level of self-image and vocational involvement with positive vs. negative attitudes toward work and authority figures at work. (Author)

A study of the use of "proteksia," a system of securing personal influence in Israel, is discussed in this article and is related to concepts of intercultural ethics. The information on the study is taken from an article "On Proteksia," by B. Danet and H. Hartman, focusing on "proteksia" as it relates to bureaucratic…