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Introduction: Studying Israeli Society as a Feminist Anthropologist

Part I: Gender and Feminism from Anthropological Perspectives

Chapter 1. Female Anthropologists Challenging Academia from the Margins
Chapter 2. Violence Against Jewish and Arab Women in Israel: Anthropological Perspectives on Two Documentary Films
Chapter 3. Anthropological, Feminist and Personal Reflections on My Mother's Holocaust

Part II: Gender Power Relations in Politics, Education and Sports

Chapter 4. Women’s Political Parties in Israel: Their Unrecognized Significance and Potential
Chapter 5. Gender Matters in Education: Blaming Women for Government’s Failure
Chapter 6. Male Dominance under Threat: Machoism Confronts Female Defiance in the Gym with Assaf Lev

Part III: Motherhood and the Israeli Welfare State

Chapter 7. Motherhood under Control: Ideology and Reality in the Israeli Welfare State
Chapter 8. The Socialization of Immigrants from Ethiopia as Welfare Clients

Part IV: Feminist Activism and Women's Empowerment

Chapter 9. Women’s Parliament: Politics from a Feminist Perspective
Chapter 10. Young Women’s Parliament: Bridging the Divide between Israeli Jewish and Arab High School Girls with Andrea Blanch
Chapter 11. The Feminist Struggle Against Pornography in Israel

Epilogue: Wrapping up: Conclusions and Prospects for the Future

References
Index

Women in Israel

Anthropological, Feminist, and Personal Perspectives

Esther Hertzog

248 pages, 10 ills., bibliog., index

ISBN 978-1-80539-957-5 Hb Published (April 2025)

eISBN 978-1-80539-955-1 eBook

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“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

There are diverse and complex problems faced by women in Israel. This book explores women's roles in teachers' labor conflicts, threatened motherhood within the welfare system, bureaucratic encounters faced by Ethiopian immigrant women, the lack of political representation amongst women, feminist activism against the sex industry, and gender power dynamics in gyms. It is a comprehensive feminist examination of women's diverse experiences in Israeli society over four decades and analyzes society during this time. As an ethnography, the book emphasizes a commitment to social justice and equality, and challenges prevailing social and gender research approaches.

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.

Subject: Political and Economic Anthropology Gender Studies and Sexuality

Area: Middle East & Israel

LC: HQ1728.5 .H473 2025

BISAC: SOC002010 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Anthropology/Cultural & Social; SOC010000 SOCIAL SCIENCE/Feminism & Feminist Theory; LAW043000 LAW/Gender & the Law

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Women in Israel

Anthropological, Feminist, and Personal Perspectives

Esther Hertzog

Subject: Political and Economic Anthropology Gender Studies and Sexuality

Area: Middle East & Israel

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Women in Israel

Anthropological, Feminist, and Personal Perspectives

Esther Hertzog

Subject: Political and Economic Anthropology Gender Studies and Sexuality

Area: Middle East & Israel