The Rise of Conservatism in Israel
Israeli society was long perceived as culturally, socially, and politically liberal, similar in orientation to societies in North America and western Europe. Its more recent rightward turn has thus triggered much hand-wringing—both at home and among friends abroad. Those whom Menachem Mautner terms Israel’s “liberal former hegemons” (LFHs), secular Ashkenazi Jews in law, media, business,…
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