CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
4. PART ONE. INTRODUCTION
5. CHAPTER 1. AN ANTHROPOLOGIST’S WORK BETWEEN MOVING GENRES 14
6. PART TWO. MOROCCAN JEWS IN ISRAEL
7. CHAPTER 2. JEWISH EXISTENCE IN A BERBER ENVIRONMENT 30
8. CHAPTER 3. THE EMERGENCE OF PSEUDO-KIN FACTIONS IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES 44
9. CHAPTER 4. THE REGULATION OF AGGRESSION IN DAILY LIFE: AGGRESSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MOROCCAN IMMIGRANTS IN ISRAEL 62
10. CHAPTER 5. THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION ON THE MOROCCAN JEWISH FAMILY IN ISRAEL 80
11. CHAPTER 6. THE DECLINE OF PERSONAL ENDOWMENT OF ATLAS MOUNTAINS RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN ISRAEL 96
12. CHAPTER 7. CULTURAL ETHNICITY IN ISRAEL: THE CASE OF MIDDLE EASTERN JEWS’ RELIGIOSITY 115
13. PART THREE. ISRAELIS IN AMERICA
14. CHAPTER 8. ONE NIGHT STAND ETHNICITY: THE MALAISE OF ISRAELI-AMERICANS 142
15. CHAPTER 9. THE PEOPLE OF THE SONG 167
16. CHAPTER 10. FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGIST’S POINT OF VIEW: STUDYING ONE’S OWN TRIBE 190
17. CHAPTER 11. IN THE COMPANY OF AMERICAN JEWS: AN ISRAELI OBSERVER IN A LOWER EAST SIDE SYNAGOGUE 201
18. PART FOUR. GAY JEWS
19. CHAPTER 12. THE TALMUD CIRCLE: IDENTITIES IN CONFLICT 236
20. CHAPTER 13. “THE WOMEN ARE COMING”: THE TRANSFORMATION OF GENDER RELATIONSHIPS IN A GAY SYNAGOGUE 251
21. CHAPTER 14. WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS ON A FIELDWORK PROJECT: THE LAST CHAPTER OF A GAY SYNAGOGUE STUDY 276
22. CHAPTER 15. CLOSETED COSMOPOLITANS: ISRAELI GAYS BETWEEN CENTER AND PERIPHERY 300
23. PART FIVE. ON METHODOLOGY
24. CHAPTER 16. NEGOTIATING MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS THE COOK, THE NATIVE, THE PUBLISHER AND THE ETHNOGRAPHIC TEXT 320
25. CHAPTER 17. WHAT IS THERE TO A NAME? THE ETHNOGRAPHER AND HIS MOROCCAN SUBJECTS IN SHOKEIDA 341
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 352
27. INDEX OF NAMES 388
28. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 397