Continuity and Change in Israeli Society: The Test of the Melting Pot.

Considers the assertion that the concept of the melting pot in the Israeli society has failed. Reasons commonly given for the failure of the melting pot; Sociological and historical background of the melting-pot idea; Examination of the outcomes of the melting pot idea on the empirical level; Sociological applications of the idea of the melting pot; use of the melting-pot concept as a benchmark in examining integration processes in immigrant societies.