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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The issue of birthrate and its numerous ramifications has hardly been discussed. Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman not only raises an issue which has so far been ignored, but also, and most importantly, shows the way in which birthrate reflects many aspects of the small yet exceedingly complex Israeli society." -Deborah Bernstein, author of Pioneers and Homemakers: Jewish Women in Pre-State Israel "Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman gives a penetrating understanding both of the day-to-day lives of Jewish families in Mandatory Palestine, shedding new light on one of the Yishuv's major problems: internal population growth." -Margalit Shilo, author of Girls of Liberty: The Struggle for Sufferage in Mandatory Palestine
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Note on Translation
Prologue
Introduction
1. "Collective Self-Suicide": The Decline in the Yishuv's Birthrate
2. The Parents' Rebellion: Economic Factors
3. The Parents' Rebellion: Social and Psychological Factors
4. Abortions in Practice
5. Low Birthrate, High Abortion Rate: Responses
6. Making More Babies
Conclusion: The Birthrate Issue as a Portrait of the Yishuv
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
