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<p>This forum is open for a discussion of issues in Jewish Studies. I am posting some of my papers that range in interest from the Hebrew Bible and its translations through issues on contemporary American Civil Religion. These should be taken as points of departure for response, posting of alternative views, and posting of other papers of interest.</p><p>S. Daniel Breslauer</p?
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Reconsidering the Druze Narrative in the Wake of the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
(Indiana University Press, 2020)The assent of Israeli Druze to the Jewish character of the state is based on the premise that citizens who fulfill their duties are entitled to equal rights. Druze narrative traditionally calls on all Arab citizens to do ... -
The Correlation between Budgets and Matriculation Exams: The Case of Jewish and Arab Schools in Israel
(MDPI, 2022-08-12)Standardized testing in the Israeli education system presents a cavernous achievement gap between the dominant Jewish and Arab student populaces. This paper assesses the role of one major factor contributing to this ... -
The Palestinian political parties and local self-governance during the British Mandate: Democracy and the clan
(Routledge, 2020-02-26)This chapter discusses the various election cycles that the Palestinian Arabs went through during the period, and their effect on the formation of the Palestinian political parties, both at the national, and the local ... -
Obama vs. Trump - Different Approaches to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Win-Win vs. Win-Lose Methods and Pure Mediation vs. Power Mediation
(Geo Publishing, Toronto Canada, 2021)This research focuses on the two most recent peace initiatives by U.S. presidents to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The examination of Obama’s “Peace Vision” and Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” initiatives concern ... -
Reconsidering the Druze Narrative in the Wake of the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
(Indiana University Press, 2020)The assent of Israeli Druze to the Jewish character of the state is based on the premise that citizens who fulfill their duties are entitled to equal rights. Druze narrative traditionally calls on all Arab citizens to do ... -
Causes of (and Solutions for?) Financial Crises in Local Governments: Insights From Local Arab Authorities in Israel
(SAGE Publications, 2014-11-21)This article examines the relative impact of internal and external factors on the financial decline of local Arab municipalities in Israel. We employ a unique case study to demonstrate that the negative relationship between ... -
Predicting the Vote in Kinship-Based Municipal Elections: The Case of Arab Cities in Israel
(Routledge, 2018-02-15)This paper examines the feasibility of using pre-election polls in kinship-based municipal elections in Israel, and the methods needed to increase the accuracy of predicting the results. The research focuses on the Arab ... -
Bigger but not always better: Size and democracy in Israeli amalgamated local governments
(Urban Affairs Association, 2017-01-17)This study discusses the amalgamation of local governments as a method of creating larger and more effective local governments that place fewer burdens on central government budgets. Beyond economies of scale, our findings ... -
The Role of Military Service in the Integration/Segregation of Muslims, Christians and Druze within Israel
(MDPI, 2019-01-08)This study applies the negative peace/positive peace approach to internal nation-state relations between the majority and ethnic minority. This approach focuses on the policies implemented by the state. In order to understand ... -
The 2016 US Presidential Elections: What Went Wrong in Pre-Election Polls? Demographics Help to Explain
(MDPI, 2019-03-01)This study examined the accuracy of the various forecasting methods of the 2016 US Presidential Elections. The findings revealed a high accuracy in predicting the popular vote. However, this is most suitable in an electoral ... -
Druze Women and Gender in Druze Society: A Systematic Literature Review
(MDPI, 2021-12-17)This systematic literature review on Druze women and gender in Druze society reviews central conceptual themes from existing publications to chart future research trajectories. Using a meta-ethnographic methodology, this ... -
Willingness to pay taxes through mutual trust: The effect of fairness, governability, tax-enforcement and outsourcing on local tax collection rates
(Wiley, 2021-12-22)This study extends our understanding about the interrelationship between taxation policy, democracy and financial performance in local governments. Every government, particularly local ones, would like to make their residents ... -
The Priority of Torah Over Theology in Jewish Thought
(2005-04-26)
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