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Contents of Major Books - 2The Director had a Heart Attack and the President Resigned:A Handbook on Board-Staff Relations Foreword - Daniel J. Elazar Preface Introduction PRESENT REALITIES AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES VARYING VIEWS ON THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS AND BOARD-STAFF RELATIONS The Survival and Success of Jewish Institutions: Assessing Organizational and Management Patterns - Steven Windmueller American Jewish Leaders View Board-Staff Relations - Gerald B. Bubis and Steven M. Cohen Toward a Contingency Model of Board-Executive Relations - Ralph M. Kramer The Delicate Balance - Board-Staff Relations - Gerald B. Bubis and Jack Dauber The Rabbinic Role in Organizational Decision-Making - David A. Teutsch The Jewish Community: A Partnership or a Corporation? - Gerald A. Teller Lessons for Successful Nonprofit Governance - Peter F. Drucker Positioning Women for National Leadership - Shifra Bronznick The Endangered Rabbi - Arthur Gross Schaefer and Eric Weiss Charting the Territory of Nonprofit Boards - Richard P. Chait and Barbara E. Taylor The Governing Board's Existential Quandary: An Empirical Analysis of Board Behavior in the Charitable Sector - Miriam M. Wood SCENARIOS FROM REAL LIFE Sexual Harassment Should Staff be Asked to Do Personal Errands for Board Members? Federations and Synagogues Female Staff at "Men Only" Fundraiser Should an Executive Participate in By-Law Revision Committee Meetings? New Leader Wants to Make Changes Staff Member Mediates between Wealthy President and Young Adults Group An Issue of Consideration, Accommodation, and "Who's in Charge" Clarification of Roles: Staff vs. Board A Rabbi with a Life Contract, and an Attitude Rabbis, Denominations, and the Federation Board A Rabbi's Role When Board and Congregants Disagree: Women's Aliyot The Assigned Seating Dilemma: Rewarding Generosity vs. Egalitarianism Volunteer Leader Wants the Title But Does Not Do the Work Rabbi Emeritus is Still Attached Power of a Wealthy Donor Volunteer/Staff Differences over Fund-Raising Policy Overcoming a Reputation for Sexism Defining an Intern's Role New Executive Must Reassert His or Her Role Rabbinic Intern Program Co-Chairs have Personality Conflict More Observant Student Rabbi Celebrates Shabbat at Congregants' Homes An Executive Deals with a Powerful New President Prominent Staff Executive has AIDS, Does Not Want Public to Know Accountability of Volunteers Standards for Synagogue Board Choosing a Good Volunteer Leader The Place of Jewish Identity in the Agency Teamwork Well-Qualified, Competent Staff Person is Not a Public Speaker Open JCC on Friday Nights? Interest in Israel Use of Unpaid Interns in Underfunded Magazine Work Preparation of Volunteer and Staff People for New Program Who Decides Fund-Raising Policy at Community Events? A Job Poorly Done: The Tactful Solution Federation President Makes Promises He Cannot Keep Choosing a Committee Chair Cancelling Underfunded Events Allocation Formula When Funds Fall Short Who Decides What to See on a Mission to Israel? Changing a Policy to Accommodate a Volunteer Leader The Bingo Dilemma Rabbi and Congregants Disagree on Liturgy Too Much Power for a Wealthy Donor Proper Salary and Benefits for a Veteran Cantor Deciding Whether or Not to Leave the National Service Organization Retirement Pension for a Part-Time Rabbi Competing Jewish Student Groups on Campus Director of Education and Board President Clash How Volunteer Leader Sees Staff Person and Vice Versa Tension Between Volunteer Chairperson and Staff Person Hurt Feelings Lead to Nasty Gossip Enthusiasm and Immaturity in a Leader Role of Staff when Volunteer Chairperson is Not "On Task" Young Staff Member with Elderly Clientele Campaign Director and Division Chair Compete Boundary between Volunteer and Professional is Blurred Role of Staff Volunteer Chairpeople "Drop the Ball" Concerns of the Sephardi Community Chair is Too Passive Setting Priorities Tactful Way to Say "Show Me the Money" Failure to Communicate Positive Changes without Negative Feelings Rudeness between Volunteer and Professional TOOLS AND EXERCISES Ten Basic Rules for Productive Meetings Preparing for a Meeting Structuring a Meeting Following Up on a Meeting Dealing With Difficult Members Behind the Scenes in a Meeting Productive/Unproductive Meeting Behaviors Three Major Components in a Meeting Evaluate a Meeting Committee Operations Analysis Meeting Analysis Improving How I Conduct a Meeting Meeting Management: A Brief List of Readings Concepts of Leadership Approaches to Leadership Analysis Jewish Communal Leadership: Reaction Sheet Volunteer/Professional Relations: A Professional's View Professional vs. Volunteer Roles: A Quiz to Stimulate Discussion about Partnership An Exercise to Assess Committee Importance and Effectiveness Management System On Being a Group Leader - I Leadership Effectiveness Grid Styles of Leadership Leadership Questionnaire Leadership-Style Profile Sheet Tzimtzum: Group Processes and Leadership Tzimtzum: A Group Dynamic Model Relationship Between Chairperson and Staff Tzimtzum Questionnaire Changing the Organization Withdrawing Self-Assessment Questionnaires: Mission; Policies and Generation of Resources; Administration and Management Leaders and Followers Leaders and Followers Questionnaire Decision-Making and Conflict-Management Trust-Building Concepts Jewish Values Which Affect Trust Levels Values and Trust Questionnaire On Being a Group Leader - II Role of the Board Volunteer Role of the Volunteer in a Jewish Agency Value Systems Volunteer/Professional Values Clarification Delicate Balance Style Selecting a Board for a Temple Foreword - Daniel J. Elazar Overview: Jewish Leaders and Israel- Philanthropy The Context: Declining Attachment to Israel among the Jewish Public Methods Findings Conclusions References Appendix A - Profile of Respondents: Volunteers versus Professionals Appendix B - The 1996 American Jewish Leadership Survey Results About the Authors
PART ONE - CAPITAL MARKET REFORMS
The Reform of the Israeli Financial System and
What Remains to be Done - Asher Blass
Sophisticated Capital: Over-the-Counter Derivatives
Transactions* - Menachem Feder
Lessons from the Privatization Process in the Israeli
Economy* - Ben-Zion Zilberfarb
The Israeli Capital Market: The Global Context*
- Ron Lubash
The Role of the Capital Markets in Privatization*
- Eran Goren
The Principal Economic Challenge for Israel:
Closing the Gap in the Business Sector*
- Manfred Gerstenfeld
PART TWO - REFORMS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES
Creating a Municipal Bond Program in Israel
- Leon Bijou
Privatization in Local Authorities in Israel:
An Overview* - Sassi Shilo
Privatizing Public Parks Using Business Improvement
Districts - Leon Bijou
Practical Privatization: Privatizing Water and
Sewage Systems* - Moshe Levkovitz
Privatizing Water and Sewage Systems:
Legal Aspects* - Reuven Laster
Privatizing the Local Economic Company of Haifa*
- Avi Goldenberg
PART THREE - DECENTRALIZING THE PEACE PROCESS
Cooperation Agreements Between Israel and
Jordan in the Realm of Transportation*
- Nachum Langenthal
Private Sector Cross-Border Cooperation*
- Arnon Tiberg
Private Sector Cross-Border Cooperation from
a Jordanian Perspective - Omar Salah
Cross-Border Industrial Parks* - Stef Wertheimer,
Yitzhak Brick, Avraham Asehri
Municipal Cooperation with Jordan* - Gabi Kadosh
Public Authorities in the Middle East - Leon Bijou
* Denotes English Abstract. The complete article
appears in the Hebrew section.
Part 1 Introduction - Daniel J. Elazar Privatization: A Solution for the Fiscal Crisis in Cities - Stephen Goldsmith Part 2 Privatization Policy Binyamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel Yaakov Ne’eman, Minister of Finance Part 3 Privatization: Means, Goals, and Methods Financing the Future Through Privatization: Democratizing the City's Business - Glenn Yago Privatization - Means and Methods: Industrial Development, Business Improvement Districts, Tax-Incremental Financing, and Infrastructure - Leon Bijou The Israeli Capital Market’s Role in Privatization and Infrastructure - Eran Goren Financing Models and Cases: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" in Privatization - Ron Lubash Part 4 Practical Privatization: Water and Environmental Quality Privatization of Water and Sewage: The Case of Pardess Hanna-Karkur - Moshe Levkovitz Legislation to Advance Privatization - Ronen Volfman Worldwide Privatization of Water Purification and Sewage Treatment - Ian Gallentree The Deposit Law for Environmental Quality - Dan Firer Part 5 Municipal Privatization in Israel: The Reality in the Field Mayors’ Roundtable: Stephen Goldsmith, Ehud Olmert, Ze’ev Bielsky, Benny Vaknin Part 6 Privatizing Municipal Services Privatization of Public Parks: The Case of Bryant Park, New York - Daniel Biederman Privatization of Services: Water and Tax Collection in Israel - Anthony Pollak Practical Privatization: Processes and Goals - Laurence Belinsky Camps: 1. Introduction: Elections 1999—The Interplay Between Character, Political Culture, and Centrism - Daniel J. Elazar and M. Ben Mollov 2. The Israeli Left in the 1999 Elections - Giora Goldberg 3. The Downfall of the National Camp? - Dr. Ami Pedahzur 4. The Shas Phenomenon and Religious Parties in the 1999 Elections - Etta Bick 5. Israeli "Russian" Parties and the New Immigrant Vote - Vladimir Khanin 6. The Center Party - Efraim Torgovnik 7. The Arab Vote in the Israeli Elections: The Bid For Leadership - Hillel Frisch Factors and Processes: 8. Foreign Policy in the 1999 Israeli Elections - Gerald M. Steinberg 9. External Factors in Israel’s 1999 Elections - Barry Rubin 10. The Media Camkpaign: The Shift to Alternative Media - Eytan Gilboa with Yaron Katz 11. La Bell(e) Epoque? A Comparison of Party Platform and TV Propaganda Ideology in the 1999 Israeli Elections - Atara Frenkel-Faran and Sam Lehman-Wilzig 12. Polls, Opinions and Political Decisions - An Information Theory View of the 1999 Elections - Dov Te’eni, Nachshon Margaliot and Yaacov J Katz 13. Economics and the 1999 Elections - Manfred Gerstenfeld 14. Women in the 1999 elections. Still a Glass Ceiling? - Yael Yishai Introduction: The Battle over Jewishness and Zionism in the Post-Modern Era - Daniel J. Elazar and Shmuel Sandler PART I: THE PARTIES Netanyahu Takes Over - Efraim Inbar The Electoral Fall of the Israeli Left - Giora Goldberg Religion, Ethnicity and Electoral Reform: The Religious Parties and the 1996 Elections - Eliezer Don-Yehiya The Arab Vote: The Radicalization of Politicization? - Hillel Frisch Sectarian Party Politics in Israel: The Case of Yisrael B'Aliya, the Russian Immigrant Party - Etta Bick PART II: FACTORS, PROCESSES, AND ISSUES External Influences on the Israeli Elections - Barry Rubin The Media Campaign: The Negative Effects of Positive Campaigning - Sam Lehman-Wilzig The Great Losers: Women in the 1996 Elections - Yael Yishai Peace, Security and Terror in the 1996 Elections - Gerald M. Steinberg PART III: THE NEW POLITICS The Direct Election of the Prime Minister: A Balance Sheet - Bernard Susser Elections 1996: The Candidates and the "New Politics" - Michael Keren
Religious Zionists in Jerusalem: An Overview
- Daniel J. Elazar
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Theoretical Frameworks
Chapter 2 - Jerusalem: General Data
2.1 Size of Population and Rate of Increase
2.2 Intra-City Migration
2.3 Age Composition
2.4 Dependent Population
2.5 Family Size
2.6 Level of Education
2.7 Economic Indicators
2.8 Housing Density
Chapter 3 - Distribution of the National Religious
Population in Jerusalem
3.1 Education
3.2 Knesset Elections
3.3 Religious Services: Synagogues in
Jerusalem
Chapter 4 - Relative Weight of the National Religious
Population in the Spheres of Communal Life in
Jerusalem
4.1 Municipal Politics: Representation on
the Municipal Council
4.2 Culture
4.3 Economics
Chapter 5 - Summary and Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Introduction: The Post-Holocaust Dynamics of Jewish Centers and Peripheries - S. Ilan Troen PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Reflections on the Jewish Present-Past - Yosef Gorny 2. From Israeli Hegemony to Diaspora Full Autonomy: The Current State of Ethno-National Diasporism and the Alternatives Facing World Jewry - Gabriel Sheffer PART II: HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION 3. The Involvement and Policies of American Jewry in Revitalizing European Jewry - Ralph I. Goldman 4. National Communism and Jewish Politics: Romanian Chief Rabbi Rosen's Miracles and Dilemmas - Leon Volovici PART III: COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES--EASTERN EUROPE 5. Jews in the Former Soviet Union: Between Dissolution and Renaissance - Rashid Kaplanov 6. Jewish Intellectuals and the Problem of Reconstruction of the Jewish Community in Russia - Mikhail Krutikov 7. Jewish Hungary Today: The Jewish Cultural Heritage in the Contemporary Culture of Hungary - Geza Komoroczy 8. The Jewish Communities of Vienna and Cracow: Communities Against All Odds - Sonia Misak PART IV: COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES--WESTERN EUROPE 9. From Mosaics to Jews: The Rejection of an Unsuccessful Pattern - Morton H. Narrowe 10. Five Centuries After the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain, Is the French Jewish Community a Model of a New Golden Age? - Jean-Jacques Wahl 11. British Jewry: Prospects and Problems - Marlena Schmool 12. A Community of Paradox: Office, Authority, and Ideas in the Changing Governance of Anglo-Jewry - Israel Finestein 13. The German Jewish Community: Between Adjustment and Ambivalence - Alan Mittleman 14. The Renaissance of Jewish Learning in Post-World War II Europe - David Patterson PART V: VIEWS FROM AMERICA AND ISRAEL 15. Old World and New World Diasporas: Similar Problems But Different Solutions? - Barry A. Kosmin 16. Cooperation and Tensions Between American Jewry and Israel Over Selected Problems Confronting European Jewry - David Clayman 17. Sixty Years of World Jewish Congress Diplomacy: From Foreign Policy to the Soul of a Nation - Avi Beker 18. Israel and the Diaspora: Roles and Responsibilities - E. Zev Sufott Conclusion: Building a European Jewish Future - Daniel J. Elazar Contributors
Foreword - Daniel J. Elazar Introduction 1. Demography Russia / Ukraine / Belarus / Baltic States / Moldova / Caucasus Mountain Area / Central Asia 2. Jewish Identity and Anti-Semitism Jewish Identity of Post-Soviet Jewry / Anti-Semitism 3. Jewish Communal Infrastructure The Jewish Religious Presence / The Beginnings of a Jewish Communal Infrastructure / The Russian Jewish Congress / Ukrainian Jewish Organizations / Jewish Organizations in the Border States 4. Welfare Needs of the Post-Soviet Jewish Population 5. Jewish Education Jewish Day Schools / Supplemental and Informal Jewish Education / University and Post-Secondary Jewish Education / Adult Education 6. The International Presence in Post-Soviet Jewish Life Jewish Agency for Israel / Nativ - Lishkat Hakesher / Joint Distribution Committee / Other Programs / Continuing Problems 7. Emigration 8. Post-Soviet Jewry on the Cusp of the Twenty-First Century
Preface Part I: Setting the Context 1. Israel, the Jewish People, and the New World of Migration - Daniel J. Elazar and Morton Weinfeld 2. The Global Context of Migration to Israel - Sergio DellaPergola 3. Israeli Democracy, the Law, and the Protection of Citizens and Minorities - Irwin Cotler 4. Comparing Recent Multi-Ethnic Immigration to Canada and to Israel: Impact on Social Cohesion and Approaches to Integration - Alti Rodal Part II: Jewish Migration and Integration in Israel 5. The Wave of Immigration in the 1990s - Shmuel Adler 6. The Current Wave of Former Soviet Union Immigrants: Their Absorption Process in Israel - An On-Going Survey (1990-1995) - Natalia Damian and Yehudit Rosenbaum Tamari 7. Absorption Policies in Israel: The Retraining of Immigrant Scientists in an Emergency Mass Immigration - Iris Geva-May 8. Internal Migration in Israel: From Periphery to Center - From Rural to Urban - David Newman Part III: Migration to the Diaspora - The Canadian and U.S. Cases 9. With Our Young and With Our Old: Multi-Generational Family Migration and Ethnic/Religious Identity - Allen Glicksman 10. The Economic Performance of Jewish Immigrants to Canada: A Case of Double Jeopardy? - James W. Dean and Don J. DeVoretz 11. Refugees, Human Rights, and the Making of Israeli Foreign Policy: The Conferral of Refugee Status on Israelis as a Case-Study - Irwin Cotler 12. The Integration of Jewish Immigrants in Montreal: Models and Dilemmas of Ethnic Match - Morton Weinfeld Part IV: Diaspora Experiences 13. Israel-Jewish Diaspora Experience as a Model for Other State-Diaspora Relationships - Manfred Gerstenfeld 14. The Loyalties of Ethno-National Diasporas and the Case of the Jewish Diaspora - Gabriel Sheffer 15. Have We Learned from History?: Jewish Voluntary Organizations and Israel - Their Attitude Towards International Migration - Judi Widetzky 16. The Dwindling Jewish Communities in the Muslim Countries of the Middle East: Their Current Status and Reasons for Mass Emigration - George E. Gruen 17. Jewish on Three Continents: Reflections of a Two-Time Migrant - Ernest Stock Part V: Freedom of Movement: Should There Be a Right of Free International Migration? 18. Freedom of Movement - The International Legal Framework - David Matas 19. Freedom of Migration: Legal Standards and State Practice - Justus Weiner Appendix: Study of Jewish Community Organization - Publications Contributors
Preface Introduction - Daniel J. Elazar Chapter One - The Jews of New Zealand Chapter Two - The Tenacity of Jewish Commitment Chapter Three - The Organizational Structure of the New Zealand Jewish Community Chapter Four - Religion, Education, and Culture Chapter Five - Communal Welfare and Defense Chapter Six - Israel and World Jewry Chapter Seven - The Constitutional Documents of New Zealand Jewry Chapter Eight - Future Prospects Appendices: Constitutional Documents of New Zealand Jewry Religious/Congregational: Beth Israel Congregation, Auckland, 1929 Dunedin Jewish Congregation, 1897 Wellington Hebrew Congregation Beth El, 1977 Wellington Liberal Jewish Congregation (circa 1961) Educational/Cultural: Wellington Hebrew Schools, 1932 Wellington Jewish Social Club, 1977 Wellington Jewish Community Centre, 1977 B'nai B'rith Wellington Unit No. 5187, 1980 External Relations/Defense: Wellington Regional Jewish Council, 1981 Communal/Welfare: Wellington Chevra Kadisha (circa 1958) Council of Jewish Women, Wellington, 1992 Wellington Hebrew Philanthropic Society, 1988 Israel/World Jewry: Womens International Zionist Organisation New Zealand Federation (circa 1975) Wellington Zionist Society (circa 1974) Zionist Federation of New Zealand, 1974 Jewish National Fund of New Zealand (circa 1973)
Preface Introduction: The New World Experience Part I: The United States: An Almost Covenanted Polity 1. Covenant and the American Founding 2. The Revolution and the Declaration of Independence 3. Constitutions as Covenants Part II: The United States: The Covenant Challenged 4. Covenant and Contending Principles in the Expansion of the United States 5. Slavery and Secession: Covenant versus Compact 6. Covenant and the Challenges of Human Nature 7. The Sum of Covenantal Expressions Part III: Covenant on the Great Frontier 8. The Western Hemisphere: False and Real Frontiers 9. The Southern Hemisphere and the Asian Coast 10. Covenant as a Theo-Political Tradition: A Summary Statement Index
Preface Introduction Part I: Covenant: From Commonwealth to Civil Society 1. Prologue: Toward a Civil Constitutionalism 2. Covenant and the New Political Science 3. Britain: From Whiggism to Liberalism 4. From Tocqueville to Personalism: Covenant and its Displacement in Post-Revolutionary European Thought 5. Four Twentieth-Century Federalist Thinkers Part II: Covenant and the Age of State-Building 6. Europe: Modern Nationalism and the Covenant Tradition 7. The Covenant Motif in Modern Revolutions 8. Revolutions: Cooperative, Collectivist, and Coercive 9. Swiss Exceptionalism: Communal and Liberal Democracy Part III: Covenant and Constitutionalism 10. Constitutionalism: The Modern Expression of the Covenantal Tradition 11. The Three Dimensions of the Constitution 12. The Covenant Tradition and Rights Part IV: Present and Future 13. The Decline and Possible Revival of Covenant in Our Times 14. Toward a World Covenantal Network 15. Covenant, Republicanism, and Democracy 16. Where Does This Bring Us? Excursus 1. The Language of Covenant Excursus 2. The Biblical Covenant as the Foundation of Justice, Obligations and Rights Index
Preface Introduction Classifying a Book Summary 001-099 Bible and Biblical Studies 100-199 Classical Judaica: Halakhah and Midrash 200-299 Jewish Observance and Practice 300-399 Jewish Education 400-499 Hebrew, Jewish Languages, and Sciences 500-599 Jewish Literature 600-699 The Jewish Community: Society and the Arts 700-799 Jewish History, Geography, Biography 800-899 Israel and Zionism 900-999 General Works Index
Preface Chapter 1 - The Jewish Calendar: The Significance of Time Cycles Chapter 2 - Indicators of Time: Holidays and Festivals Chapter 3 - The Sabbath: Recalling the Creation - Remembering the Exodus Chapter 4 - Rosh Hashanah: The Holiday of Creation Chapter 5 - Yom Kippur: Confession, Atonement and Repentance Chapter 6 - Teaching Joyfulness in the Festival of Sukkot Chapter 7 - The Tension Between Martyrdom and Who is Lord Over Us (The Ideational Progression of Hanukkah) Chapter 8 - The Twice-Averted Gaze: Purim, Holiday of Exile Chapter 9 - Passover: Education to a Life of Freedom Chapter 10 - The Confrontation with Suffering (Holocaust Memorial Day and Tisha B’Av) Chapter 11 - Spiritual Freedom and Political Freedom (Passover and Independence Day) Chapter 12 - Repairing Exile: The People, the Land, and the Torah (Shavuot) Chapter 13 - The Individual Enters the Covenant Chapter 14 - Afterword: Commentary on the Holiday
Introduction Ch. 1. From Statism to Federalism: A Paradigm Shift Ch. 2. Confederation as a Species of Federalism Ch. 3. Confederation and Federal Liberty Ch. 4. Federalism in the New Europe Ch. 5. The Revival of Confederation in Europe Ch. 6. Other Confederal Arrangements Ch. 7. Confederal Arrangements and the Emerging World Order Ch. 8. The Federal Dimensions of State-Diaspora Relations Ch. 9. What Should We Learn from All of This? Appendix A. Membership of the United Nations and Its Specialized and Related Agencies Bibliography Index
Introduction -- Conservative Judaism: Past and Future The Conservative Achievement Confronting Difficult Issues Methodology of this Study Looking Toward the Future PART ONE: THE STATE OF THE MOVEMENT Chapter One -- A History of Ambivalence A Reluctant Separation The Movement as a Party From Party to Camp? Chapter Two -- Institutions The Changing Position of the Seminary The Congregational Heart of the Movement The Variety of Congregational Models A Note on Youth Movements New Institutions Emerge The Ramah Camps The Havurot The Solomon Schechter Schools Chapter Three -- Ideology and Theology God, Torah, and Israel Shifts and Stages Benchmarks and Boundaries Chapter Four -- Style Sephardim and Litvaks Elite and Mass Rabbinical Preeminence Synagogism Religious Observance Chapter Five -- Demographics Concentric Circles of Jewishness Decline in the Fourth Generation Orthodoxy Resurgent The Changing Family A Note on Regionalism in the Conservative Movement Chapter Six -- Leadership In the Movement In the Congregations In the Jewish World Voluntary Leadership in the Existing Institutional Framework Chapter Seven -- The World Movement The New Context of World Jewry The Scope of the World Conservative/Masorti Movement The Movement in Israel A Missed Direction A New Partnership Chapter Eight -- What the Movement's Leadership Seeks Raising the Halakhic Profile Enhancing Conservative Intellectual Life Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Conservative Jews The Communal Approach The Zionist Approach Resolving Conflicts, Setting Priorities PART TWO: NEXT STEPS Chapter Nine -- Ideology, Halakhah and a Broadened Base The Need for Ideological Clarification Fostering a More Serious Halakhic Movement Broadening the Base Confronting the Demographic Challenge Building a Real World Movement Building a Masorti Movement in Israel Is Conservative Judaism Best Served Through a Single Movement or a Multi-Movement Community? Links with the Jewish People Chapter Ten -- Internal Unity From Congregationalism to Community Reducing the Gap Between the Circles Integrating the Movement's Parts into a Whole Broadening the Leadership The Role of the Jewish Theological Seminary Strengthening Rabbinic Leadership Learning from History: A Summary and Final Word Glossary
Introduction -- Steven M. Cohen Methods and Data Findings Summary and Conclusions References The National Survey on Religion and American Life: Jewish Public Sample Non-Jewish Public Sample Jewish Leaders Sample Comments: Riv-Ellen Prell Leonard Fein Elliott Abrams Tables and Charts Table 1 - Jewish Identity Indicators Table 2 - Jewish Background Characteristics Table 3 - Denominational Identification Table 4 - Support for Religious Accommodation in the Schools Chart 1 - Support for Religious Accommodation in the Schools Table 5 - Support for Expression of Religion in Public Life Chart 2 - Support for Expression of Religion in Public Life Table 6 - Attitudes toward Church and Clerical Involvement in Politics Table 7 - Attitudes toward Sexually-Oriented Issues Table 8 - Liberal Attitudes and Background Table 9 - Favorable Attitudes toward Liberal and Conservative Activist Groups Chart 3 - Favorable Attitudes toward Liberal Activist Groups Chart 4 - Favorable Attitudes toward Conservative Activist Groups Table 10 - Views on Antisemitism in American Society Chart 5 - Views on Antisemitism in American Society Table 11 - Perceptions of Antisemitism among Selected Groups Chart 6 - Perceptions of Antisemitism among Selected Groups Table 12 - The Impact of Religiosity and Liberalism on Attitudes toward Religion in the Public Square Table 13 - The Relationship of Jewish Involvement with Attitudes toward Religion in the Public Square
In English: Outline of Legal Considerations for Parking Revenue Financing - Robert P. Feyer Improved Access to Capital through Bond Insurance - Michael A. Freed Parking Facility Feasibility: The American Experience - Fruma Narov Municipal Revenue Bonds for Parking Facilities - Ron Lubash Alternative Urban Economic Development: Lessons from the U.S. - Stanley Gold Postscript - First Time in Israel: A Local Authority Will Issue Municipal Bonds to Finance a Municipal Project - Shai Eliash In Hebrew: Opening Address - Mayor Ron Huldai Tel Aviv-Yafo Development Projects - Ariel Kappon Sources of Finance for Urban Development - Anat Keinan Examining the Possibility of Grading the Habimah Parking Facility - Dorit Salinger Alternative Financial Structures - Glenn Yago Issuing Municipal Bonds in Local Authorities - Miri Katz Parking Facility Feasibility: The American Experience - Fruma Narov How Do You Market Them? - Ronen Zelnir Municipal Bonds as an Investment Option - Dror Nagel
Preface - Prof. Ben-Zion Zilberfarb Introduction - Capital Market Reform Tasks Capital Access and Economic Growth - Dr. Glenn Yago Factors Impinging upon Privatization Policy - Prof. Yaakov Ne'eman Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises - Yaron Jacobs Cost of Existing Pension Fund Arrangements - Dr. Asher Blass Capital Market Reform: Survey, Analysis, and Implications - Dr. Eyal Sulgenik Improving Demand and Supply in the Capital Markets - Adi Rivlin Capital Market Regulation - Prof. Ben-Zion Zilberfarb Foreword - Alan Mittleman Introduction - The Jewish Political Tradition and the English-Speaking World - Daniel J. Elazar I. Communal Agencies 1 "Defenders": National Jewish Community Relations Agencies - Steven Windmueller 2 Local Community Relations Councils and Their National Body - Michael C. Kotzin 3 History of Israel Advocacy - Martin J. Raffel 4 The Jewish Social Welfare Lobby in the United States - Joel M. Carp II. Religious Movements 5 The Conservative Movement and the Public Square - Gordon M. Freeman 6 Reform Judaism, Minority Rights, and the Separation of Church and State - Lance Sussman 7 Mainstream Orthodoxy and the American Public Square - Lawrence Grossman 8 Haredim and the Public Square: The Nature of the Social Contract - Samuel C. Heilman 9 Reconstructionism and the Public Square: A Multi-Cultural Approach to Judaism in America - David Teutsch 10 Jewish Renewal - Allan Arkush Afterword - Alan Mittleman
Introduction - Alan Mittleman I. Historical Dimensions 1 An Overview of American Jewish Defense - Naomi W. Cohen 2 Church-State Dilemmas of American Jews - Jonathan Sarna II. Constitutional Dimensions 3 Believers and the Founders' Constitution - Ralph Lerner 4 The Rule of Law and the Establishment Clause - Martin J. Plax 5 Religion and Liberal Democracy - Marc D. Stern III. Political Dimensions 6 Jewish Activism in the Washington "Square": An Analysis and Prognosis - Marshall J. Breger 7 Uncertain Steps: American Jews in the New Public Square - Harvey Sicherman 8 The Jewish Debate Over State Aid to Religious Schools - Jack Wertheimer IV. Sociological Dimensions 9 Jewish Involvement in the American Public Square: The Organizational Disconnect - Sherry Israel 10 Public Jews and Private Acts: Family and Personal Choices in the Public Square and in the Private Realm - Sylvia Barack Fishman V. Philosophical Dimensions 11 Jewish Critics of Strict Separationism - David Dalin 12 Under His Own Vine and Fig Tree - The Contemporary Jewish Approach to Religion in American Public Life and Its Problems - Hillel Fradkin 13 Toward a Jewish Public Philosophy in America - David Novak
1 Civil Society and Commonwealth: Two Models of Democratic Republicanism - Daniel J. Elazar Part I The Swiss Commonwealth 2 Communal Democracy and Liberal Democracy: An Outside Friend's Look at the Swiss Political Tradition - Daniel J. Elazar 3 The Covenantal Basis for the Development of Swiss Political Federalism: 1291-1848 - J. Wayne Baker 4 Consociational Democracy and Corporatism in Switzerland - Gerhard Lehmbruch 5 The Communal Basis of Swiss Liberty - Max Frenkel 6 The Banner of Upright Swiss Liberty - Michael Platt Part II Governing the Commonwealth 7 The Swiss Communal Ethic - Terry Nichols Clark 8 Democracy by Competition: Referenda and Federalism in Switzerland - Bruno S. Frey and Iris Bohnet 9 The Role of Semi-Direct Democracy in Shaping Swiss Federalism: The Behavior of Cantons Regarding Revision of the Constitution, 1866-1981 - Andre Eschet-Schwarz 10 Constitutional Change in Swiss Cantons: An Assessment of a Recent Phenomenon - Hanspeter Tschaeni 11 Administering Government in Canton St. Gallen - Ioan Bowen Rees 12 Switzerland as a Model in the Commonwealth Tradition - Daniel J. Elazar
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