Author: Uri Ben-Eliezer
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: militarism, israeli, making
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 1998-06-01
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 0253333873
ISBN-13: 9780253333872

"... an original interpretation of the wide-ranging impact of the military on Israeli society... one of the most insightful works on Israeli society in general." -- Gershon ShafirFrom the early days of the Yishuv, militarism and the military have become a way of life for Israelis. Focusing on the period between 1936 and 1956, Uri Ben-Eliezer traces the ways in which military force acquired legitimacy in civilian society and how the use of organized violence became an acceptable solution to conflicts, especially the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Author: Eliezer Ben-Rafael
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: israeli, studies, series, century, transformation, kibbutz, crisis
Number of Pages: 302
Published: 1997-01-24
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0791432262
ISBN-13: 9780791432266

This book examines kibbutz life following the Israeli economic crisis of 1985, focusing on the kibbutz’s dramatic transformation from a well-defined social structure to a collective identified principally by its cultural preoccupations. It centers on the contradictions endemic to kibbutz identity. Ben-Rafael shows how the crisis brought together a general pro-change Zeitgeist with the interests of the kibbutz’s stronger social segments and individuals to produce widespread changes and the fragmentation of kibbutz reality as a whole. The book’s findings are based on a large-sc

Author: Eliezer Jaffe
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: sending, countries, perspectives, laws, adoptions, intercountry
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 1994-12-28
List price: $200.00
ISBN-10: 0792332083
ISBN-13: 9780792332084

The incidence of foreign adoptions from the nations of South America, Eastern Europe and Asia has greatly increased as a result of the drastic decrease in the number of adoptable babies from western nations. This book, written by adoption workers and legal scholars from twelve `sending’ countries, presents, for the first time, details of those countries’ adoption laws and procedures as well as international agreements governing foreign adoptions. An important and long-awaited reference book for potential adoptive couples, child care workers, legal experts and social service agencie

Author: Eliezer Gileadi
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: materials, scientists, engineers, chemical, kinetics, chemists, electrode
Number of Pages: 616
Published: 1993-03-01
List price: $200.00
ISBN-10: 0471188581
ISBN-13: 9780471188582

Offering a thorough explanation of electrode kinetics, this textbook emphasizes physical phenomena-rather than mathematical formalism-and elucidates the underlying principles of the different experimental techniques. Assuming an elementary knowledge of thermodynamics and chemical kinetics and minimal mathematical skills, coverage explores the arguments of two primary schools of thought: electrode kinetics and interfacial electrochemistry viewed as a branch of physical chemistry, and from the perspective of analytical chemistry.

Author: Eliezer Z. Prisman
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: environment, maple, matlab, dynamic, interactive, derivative, securities, pricing
Number of Pages: 756
Published: 2000-09-28
List price: $150.00
ISBN-10: 0125649150
ISBN-13: 9780125649155

Pricing derivatives theory comes alive in this self-contained interactive experience in financial pricing. The no-arbitrage perspective in a one-period state-preference model drives the book, and the Maple® and Matlab® programs help readers visualize payoffs and respond to various constraints and conditions. With clear explanations and lavish illustrations, Pricing Derivative Securities: An Interactive, Dynamic Environment with Maple V and Matlab teaches the core theoretical concepts so often disguised behind difficult terms and institutional details.Readers can experiment with the electroni

Author: Eliezer Geisler
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: technology, science, value, creating
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2001-08-30
List price: $110.95
ISBN-10: 1567204058
ISBN-13: 9781567204056

Geisler argues that the value of science and technology for corporations, society, and the economy outweigh the negative impacts that inevitably arise. This remarkable new book shows that the benefits can be measured and evaluated, compiling all existing knowledge on the subject of assessment and including Geisler’s own methods. The result is a compelling argument that science and technology has been, ultimately, a positive force for individuals, organizations, and nations.

Author: Eliezer Segal
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Keywords: halakhah, history, holidays
Number of Pages: 269
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0765761513
ISBN-13: 9780765761514

In the essays presented in Holidays, History, and Halakhah the reader will come to appreciate that practices considered indispensable to today’s standards were once topics of heated controversy between proponents of differing interpretations of Judaism. Readers will glimpse into ancient and medieval sources and identify with predicaments that previous generations faced as they steered the precarious paths between loyalty to their heritage and relevance to their age, between pride in one’s religious identity and receptiveness to outside cultures.