Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. The Settlement in the Land of Israel: Kibbutz Local Legends -- 1. "Forest of Thorns into a Flourishing Garden": Local Legends and Cultural Interpretation -- 2. Processes of Change in the Kibbutz as Reflected in Local Legends -- Part II. Legends of Immigration and Absorption -- 3. "The Camouflaged Plums": Sweet versus Bitter in Legends of Absorption of Polish Jews -- 4. The Legend of Yemenite Jews as an Expression of Immigration and Absorption -- Part III. Ethnic Folklore in Israel -- 5. Old Jewish Moroccan Women Relate in an Israeli Context -- 6. Ethnic Nonverbal Components in the Jewish Moroccan Saints' Legend -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Places.
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Jews -- Israel -- Folklore. Kibbutzim -- Folklore. Immigrants -- Israel -- Folklore. Jews, Moroccan -- Israel -- Folklore. Legends -- Israel. Legends -- Israel -- History and criticism. Galilee (Israel) -- Rural conditions -- Folklore.