Lissak, Moshe
LISSAK, MOSHE
LISSAK, MOSHE (1928– ), sociologist. Born in Tel Aviv, Lissak received his doctorate in sociology from the Hebrew University, where he became a professor of sociology in 1978. He did research and wrote on topics such as social and political history of the yishuv, society-army relations in Israel and in South East Asia, and on ethnic group relations in Israel. In 1992 he was awarded the Israel Prize for social sciences. Among his publication are The Mass Immigration in the Fifties: The Failure of the Melting Pot Policy (1978) and Trouble in Utopia: The Overburdened Polity of Israel (1989).
More From encyclopedia.com
Bene Israel , BENE ISRAEL The largest and, perhaps, the oldest of the India's Jewish communities is known as the Bene Israel (children of Israel). Though in number… Agudat Israel , The organization was founded in Katowice (Upper Silesia, now in the southwestern part of Poland), in 1912, as a worldwide movement of Orthodox Jews.… Israel (people) , ISRAEL
LOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT
TOPOGRAPHY
CLIMATE
FLORA AND FAUNA
ENVIRONMENT
POPULATION
MIGRATION
ETHNIC GROUPS
LANGUAGES
RELIGIONS
TRANSPORTATIO… Relations With Israel , ISRAEL, RELATIONS WITH. The phrase "special relationship" describes U.S.-Israeli ties, suggesting an association uncommon in international affairs. T… Abba Eban , Abba Eban
The Israeli statesman, diplomat, and scholar Abba Eban (born 1915) served as Israel's United Nations representative and ambassador to the U… Yitzhak Rabin , Rabin, Yitzhak
Born on March 1, 1922 (Jerusalem, Palestine)
Prime Minister of Israel
First as a soldier and then as a statesman, Yitzhak Rabin devote…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Lissak, Moshe