Review Essays in Israel Studies Vol. V : Books on Israel

Representing a wide array of disciplines: economics, history, literature, political science, anthropology, and sociology, this book offers original examinations of the state of scholarship about Israel, as well as insightful assessments of contemporary Israeli society, politics, economy, and culture. The contributors review and analyze more than sixty recent publications, half of them in Hebrew or Arabic, showcasing important literature not readily accessible to European and North American readers. Continuing the tradition established by the preceding volumes, Review Essays in Israel Studies offers a rich and varied treatment of new scholarship and enhances our understanding of Israel studies today.

Laura Zittrain Eisenberg is a Visiting Associate Professor in the History Department at Carnegie Mellon University Neil Caplan teaches in the Humanities Department of Vanier College, Montreal, Canada Hemda Ben-Yehuda is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Bar Ilan University Hanita Brand is a Lecturer in Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Nitza Druyan is the Director of the Long Island Center for Jewish Studies and teaches in the Jewish Studies Program of Hofstra University David C. Jacobson is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Brown University Muhammad Muslih is Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus Maen F. Nsour is the Director of the Economic Aid Coordination Department at the Ministry of Planning, Amman, Jordan. He is a senior fellow at the Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University and an adjunct faculty member of the Political Science Department, University of Jordan Ilan Peleg is Charles A. Dana Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College David Rodman is free-lance writer Yaakova Sacerdoti is a Lecturer in Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ofira Seliktar is Ann and Bernard Cohen Associate Professor of Israel Studies at Gratz College and a consultant on the Middle East Water Resources Project at the University of Pennsylvania Tobe Shanok is an independent scholar Jeffrey Sosland is a Visiting Professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia Deborah A. Starr is a doctoral candidate in comparative literature at the University of Michigan Naomi Weinberger is an Associate Research Scholar at the Middle East Institute of Columbia University and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Yeshiva University Eyal Zisser is a Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and a Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University