Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
BOOK I
Introduction
1. Early Incidents of Religious-Secular Conflict
2. Absorption of Mass Immigration in the Early Years: Facts and Figures
3. Why Was a Government Commission of Inquiry Appointed?
4. The Composition of the Commission of Inquiry
5. Ben-Gurion's Stand on the Education of Immigrant Children
6. Attitudes of Various Parties toward the Commission of Inquiry
7. Uniform Education in the Immigrant Camps and the Religious Workers Stream
8. Political Developments during the Course of the Commission's Investigation
9. The Culture Department's Objections to the Commission's Conclusions
10. Reactions to the Frumkin Report: Government, Knesset, Histadrut
11. Comments on the Procedures and Conclusions of the Frumkin Commission
12. The Decision to Introduce a State Educational System (1953)
13. Shas—The Party Whose Roots Lie in the Anti-Religious Coercion of Israel's First Years
14. Summing Up: Israel—From "Melting Pot" to Pluralistic State
Notes to Book I
BOOK II
Report of the Commission of Inquiry Concerning Education in the Immigrant Camps
Introduction: Appointment, Authority, and Procedures of the Commission
1. The General Background
2. The Immigrant Camps
3. Specific Accusations
4. Accusations in the Press
5. Sources of Propaganda Abroad
6. Conclusions
Addendum: List of Witnesses Who Testified before the Commission
Notes to Book II
Glossary of Hebrew Terms
Select Biographies
Bibliography
Index
