Diaspora Influence over Religious Policy in Israel: The Immigrant Camp Education Controversy, 1949-1950


 

Publication Date: January 1974

Publisher: Chug Yedidei Hamidrashia BeIsrael

Author(s): Charles S. Liebman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: World Jews; Israel attachment; Political behavior

Type: Report

Abstract:

To what extent has Diaspora Jewry sought to influence and succeeded in influencing religious policy in Israel? The paper reviews this question analyzing as a case study the controversy over immigrant education during the early years of statehood.