The Melting Pot in Israel: The Commission of Inquiry Concerning the Education of Immigrant Children During the Early Years of the State Book

	Abbreviations
	Preface
	Introduction	3
	Early Incidents of Religious-Secular Conflict	7
	Absorption of Mass Immigration in the Early Years: Facts and Figures	15
	Why Was a Government Commission of Inquiry Appointed?	19
	The Composition of the Commission of Inquiry	41
	Ben-Gurion's Stand on the Education of Immigrant Children	47
	Attitudes of Various Parties toward the Commission of Inquiry	59
	Uniform Education in the Immigrant Camps and the Religious Workers Stream	65
	Political Developments during the Course of the Commission's Investigation	79
	The Culture Department's Objections to the Commission's Conclusions	89
	Reactions to the Frumkin Report: Government, Knesset, Histadrut	101
	Comments on the Procedures and Conclusions of the Frumkin Commission	123
	The Decision to Introduce a State Educational System (1953)	137
	Shas - The Party Whose Roots Lie in the Anti-Religious Coercion of Israel's First Years	145
	Summing Up: Israel - From "Melting Pot" to Pluralistic State	155
	Report of the Commission of Inquiry Concerning Education in the Immigrant Camps	191
	Introduction: Appointment, Authority, and Procedures of the Commission	193
	The General Background	197
	The Immigrant Camps	233
	Specific Accusations	237
	Accusations in the Press	269
	Sources of Propaganda Abroad	275
	Conclusions	287
	Addendum: List of Witnesses Who Testified before the Commission	293
	Glossary of Hebrew Terms	301
	Select Biographies	306
	Bibliography	321
	Index	329