The purpose of this study was to examine and compare how Israeli-Arab and Eastern-Jewish adolescents view the role of the citizen. Both groups share a minority status within Israeli society, but have different socializing environments and different political and cultural status. The study population consisted of 118 Israeli-Arab and 279…

These proceedings of a congressional hearing express the sense of Congress that public schools should be encouraged to include a study of the holocaust in the history curricula. Included are texts of statements by: Sala Burton, member of the California Congressional delegation; Carol Rittner, producer of a film, "The Courage to Care,"…

This bulletin describes the interplay of demographic and sociopolitical processes in Israel since the state's founding in May 1948 and projects what it might be to 2015. Heavy Jewish immigration, especially during the "mass immigration" of 1948-51, has balanced the high natural increase of Moslems so that the proportion of Jews in…

Parents' involvement in their children's schooling can be justified on various ideological, psychological, philosophical, and educational grounds. Two dominant attitudes prevail toward parent participation: (1) the authoritarian-paternalistic view featuring a one-way teacher-parent relationship; and (2) the parents-as-equal-partners view. The…

In both kibbutz and Israeli urban clinics, first-borns from opposite-sex sib pairs were more likely to be referred; in the kibbutz, the first-born was the only boy of the pair; in the city, the only girl of the pair. (Author)

Based on the premise that private religious schools function sociologically as crucibles for collective memory work, this study examined the image of Jews conveyed through a Holocaust unit as taught at a fundamentalist Christian school. After presenting an analysis of both the enacted and experienced curricular dimensions of the unit, we argue…

WISC performance of Jewish children has revealed a highly consistent and stable pattern, characterized by relatively low scores on Picture Completion, Picture Arrangement, Block Design, and Object Assembly. Some of these findings might be understood by reference to relative weakness of Jewish subjects on tasks related to psychological…

This study, undertaken in 1963, analyzed the references made to religion in elementary social studies textbooks. The report was intended to inform authors, publishers, and teachers and enable them to correct errors, supply omissions, and omit irrelevant material. The textbooks used in the study consisted of 120 elementary (grades 1-6) public…

A program in Jewish Studies is being offered by the Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California. Courses are offered in elementary and intermediate Hebrew, Contemporary Hebrew Literature in Translation, History of the Jewish People, Hebrew Civilization I and II, Israel: The Theory and Practice of Zionism, Jewish Religious Heritage, The Jew in…

Conceptualized the interplay of religious, cultural, psychological, and interpersonal dynamics as they are related to the etiology and treatment of sexual dysfunctions within this group. Shows that the Jewish laws and values create an ambience whereby successful treatment of dysfunctions occurs through the resolution of key marital difficulties.…

Examines the predominant forms of ethnic education provided by Jewish ethnic education in Great Britain and two specific dimensions of this system: the self-definition of the Jewish group which it presents to the young, and the patterns of group adjustment to the larger society which it suggests. Also proposes some guidelines for the analysis of…

Cleary's and Thorndike's definition of bias in college admissions criteria (ACT scores and high school percentile rank) were examined for black, white, and Jewish students. Use of the admissions criteria tended to overpredict blacks' performance, accurately predict whites' performance, and underpredict that of Jews. In light of Cleary's…

Suggests that as a result of the new wave of ethnicism, for the first time in their history in the United States, the Jews are showing signs of becoming a pressure group. (Author/AM)

Notes that the ritualization of lachrymosity is not limited to Jews. Black History week, the marking of Black Sunday by the North Irish Catholics, and the commemoration of significant events in Palestinian-Israeli relations by the Palestinians are of this nature. (Author)