Israel's Emerging Modernity Defined in Professor Eisenstadt's 'Israeli Society' Israel's s,ociological status, tak- ing into account all the elements that make up the population of the state — Jews and non-Jews, Occi- dentals and Orientals — is defined in a siDnificant, study by one of the world's most eminent authori- ties. In "Israeli Society," published by Basic Books (404 Park„ S., NY16) , Prof: , S. N. Eisenstadt Of the Hebrew University, winner of the 1963 Maclver Prize, details his- torical' backgrounds a n d institu- tional developmentS in Israel, the social structure, its stratification, the various patterns and cultural values. Published as part of the series on the history of Zionism and the Yishuv by the Institute of Con- teinporary. Jeviry and the Hebrew University, this immense research task emerges out of the research seminar which involved high rate scholarship. - An analysis of Israel's society is supplemented: with a review of the development of the Yi- shuv, the background of the functioning agency that served as the government of the Jewish community in Palestine before the rebirth of Israel, the charac- teristics of the aliyot immigra- tion stages, descriptions of the main aliyot and their numbers and of the ideological influences that motivated them. The study of the Israeli society is not limited:to Jews,trIt contains equally as thorough analysis of the status of the non-Jewish communi- ties, describes the status of the Arab minority and the state's res- ponsibility "concerned with the linking of its minority groups in the economic sphere." . Objective in every detail; seek- ing to establish and interpret basic facts, Prof. Eisenstadt's study shows Bevy _problems arose from the educational gaps, from the Arabs' low standards. He indicates how Arabs had begun to be ac- cepted into Histadrut — from 1959 on an equal basis. After a thorough review of the conditions that existed before Jewish t a h d and the_ changes gradually • introduced, Dr. Eisenstadt asserts: "By many standards, those - -of, economic de- velopment, administrative serv- ices, education and'even political equality (though with -the exc'ep- tion of military rule and the ex- propriation of land for security reasons) the -standards of the Israeli Arabs at efAigh cer- , tainly- much higher than those of most minorities in Arab coun- tries — and their lot is being improved continuously." He submits that there is "grow- ing disillusionment on the part of the Arabs, that Israel can not be absolved "from adopting the best possible policies and the most Sheridan Spa Only women's reducing resort in the midwest SUPERVISED TEEN PROGRAM 821 Lake Shore Dr Michigan City, Indiana TR 2-8595 At Mid-America's fabulous resort... a playtime paradise whereyou'll enjoy: • Terrific food • Beautiful heated pool and patio • All sports • Gala 11 40T .110V4 • Planned Children's Activities New Low Raids, "WHERE VACATION DREAMS COME TRUEr democratic attitudes With• regard' conflicts .- in-the :.--f`ethnic" snhere - to the minorities," and states; which has been dealt with exten- "In many ways the possibility sively as a struggle between of a freer and fuller encounter be-,, 1.‘Two Nations" symbolized in the tween, the Arab minority and the cleavage between Europeans and Jewish majority in Israel contains Orientals. important possibilities, not only , of In handling the many problems political arrangements, but also of related to his theme, Dr. • Eisen- variegating the components of stadt speaks of "starting points for Israeli identity. The complexity new directions of creativity, chal- . and the tragedy of the situation lenging the existing -center to find, lies in the fact that these possibili- together with new groups, new - ties and potentials are greatly ways of creating various nuclei limited by the international politi- of social and cultural creativity cal situations." with broader universalistic orienta- Israel is portrayed as a modern tions and attempting to overcome society, with strong ideological em- the various limitations inherent in phases, with "the continuity of its background and in its setting." Israel's growth centered round the For sociologists generally, Dr. transformation of the image of Eisenstadt's is an immensely illu- the pioneer and of the initial sym- minating work, and for Zionists bols of its collective indentity." and for all who are interested in "Israeli Society" provides in- Israel's development, this research teresting background studies into task reveals data valuable for a Zionist ideology and the aims complete understanding of the and aspirations of the pioneers. emerging roles of the groups — It outlines the secular-religious the majority and the minorities — relations inherent in the state's involved in the creation of modern- developing society as well as the ity in the Middle East. , . THE DETROIT ,JEWISH NEWS Friday, August 2, 1968-35 Business Cards of. 1700s Reproduced in Paperback • Todai, -the "yellow pages" tell us where to buy almost pyerything from air conditioners to zinc. But in lath,Century. London, when there were no. classified directories, EngliSh•:shopkeepers and merchants advertisk _their wares on trade cards—‘illustrated sheets of paper describing goods and services In quaintly worded messages. These cards, fine examples of the art of the engraver, flourished ficim the middle of the 17th Century on Today they are extremely rare and are highly prized, not only by collectors and historians, but also • by the graphie artist, who finds; in them a source of inspiration for designs and decorations. Over 100 18th-Century trade cards are reproduced in one if Dover's latest paperbacks, 'Tour don I Tradesmen's'., Cards of the XVIII CentpxY: An Account . of Their Origin and Use" by Ambrose Heal. Here are cards of London bun bakers, chimney sweeps, nier- cers, hatters, lamp lighters, brail- ers, sign painters, peruque makers, tea dealers and many other tradei- men. The majority of these' are printed one to a page. WISCONSIN WISCONS IN The 'God Family a cl Country' Clique By ROBERT E. SEGAL (A Seven Arts Feature Just a few nights before some of the forces or arch-conservatism in America -conducted their sixth annual rally for God, Family and Country, in -Boston, the police of Meridian, Miss., foiled a plot to kill a • prominent Jewish merch- ant there. The details may be fresh in your memory: Meyer Davidson, 51, who had been active in posting a $75,- 000 reward after the bombing of a Meridian synagogue, was the tar- get of the plOt. Thomas A. Tar- rants III of Mobile, Ala., was wounded by police as he allegedly approached Davidson's home. A notebook in Tarrants's pocket was quoted thus: "I have committed myself totally to defeating the Communist-Jew conspiracy which threatens our country." Police identified Tarrants's slain com- panion as Kathy Ainsworth. 26, of Jack so n, Miss., a fifth- grade teacher -in the public schools with a Ku Klux Klan membership card and , a loaded pistol in her purse. — - A Having heard read about ":only • a fraction Of . the activities at the God,.. Family and _Country rally, this observer may have missed any reference to •the Meridian tragedy at the rally. Most likely ,there wasn't any.- It simply ,struck me that if' .some - of the orators at the red-white-and-blue rally w o u I d have made a critical reference to the Meridian episode. or would have warned against violence in addition to the kind associated only with modern big city riots, this would have strengthened the cause of the people assembled in the Cradle of Liberty with so many patriotic trappings. , ; This God, Family and Country rally, -so important to the John Birch Society,. had quite another focus—the presidential candidacy of Alabama's George Wallace. 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