"Israel: Growing Pains at 60" is a wide-ranging mega-collection of essays that explore the challenges facing Israel today in culture and media, the economy, domestic and international relations and society and identity. Twenty-nine leading Israel experts from around the world provide provocative and thoughtful commentaries on the country’s major transformations, the impact of its history on modern literature, religious thought as an engine for peace or war, the influence of the Israeli-Jewish Diaspora, the dilemma of Israeli identity, future challenges for the state and society and much more. This special edition of MEI’s prestigious Viewpoints series also includes maps and statistics about Israel’s development over the past six decades as well as a comprehensive bibliography of more than 1200 books and articles focused on Israel.

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