This book is a major sociological analysis of the characteristics and interrelationships of ethnicity, religion and socio-economic class in Israeli society.

Acknowledgements; Part I. Theoretical and Empirical Background: 1. Ethnicity and society; 2. Divisions in Israeli society; 3. Theoretical perspectives in Israeli sociology; 4. The sample, its background and its setting; Part II. Social Patterns and Behavior: 5. Neighborhoods: synagogues and neighborhood committees; 6. Religiosity and secularization; 7. Friendship networks; Part III. Identities and Images: 8. Ethnic consciousness; 9. Class consciousness; 10. Religion, ethnic and class division: convergent or cross-cutting?; Part IV. The Impact of Stratification: 11. Voting; 12. Discrimination; 13. Assimilation or ethnic solidarity?; Part V. Social Cleavages: An Overview of Israeli Society and Some Theoretical Implications: 14. Cleavages among Jews; 15. Jews and Arabs; 16. Toward a theory of social cleavages; Appendices; Glossary; Notes; References; Index.