August 2011

Fred A. Lazin

Schusterman Visiting Professor, Center for Israel Studies, American University, Washington DC, August 2011-

The Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Professor of Local Government & Professor (Emeritus), Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel 84105

lazin@american.edu lazin@bgu.ac.il www.fredlazin.com

Tel: Cell: 917 699 4381 Res: 212 262 3970

Born in Boston, MA, USA. Married with three children

Education

BA 1966. University of Mass. (Amherst), Cum Laude with Departmental Honors in Government. Senior thesis: "Millenarianism during the English Revolution, l640 l660: The Fifth Monarchy Men." Advisor, Guenter Lewy.

MA 1968. University of Chicago, Dept. of Political Science. Thesis: " The Response of District 6 B'nai B'rith to Hitler's Anti-Jewish Policies, 1933-1939." Advisor, Hans J. Morgenthau.

Ph.D. 1973. University of Chicago, Dept. of Political Science. Thesis: "Public Housing in Chicago, l963 l97l: Gautreaux v. The Chicago Housing Authority, A Case Study of the co-optation of a Federal Agency by its Local Constituency." Advisor, Theodore Lowi.

Special Honors & Fellowships: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha, NSF Trainee, l966 l967, Fuerstenberg Award (U. Chicago), l968 l97l, 2001 PSO Thomas Dye Award, Israel Pol. Science Assoc. award for outstanding book in English in 2005.

Employment : Academic

l970 l97l Assistant Professor, Loop College, Chicago, Illinois with teaching assignment at the Chicago Police Academy and the Model Cities Program for Community Aides in Woodlawn.

l97l l975 Assistant Professor of Government, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.

l975 l979 Lecturer, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel.

l979 l980 Visiting Scholar, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, UCLA.

l980 1986 Senior Lecturer, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (with tenure).

198l l982 Visiting Sen. Lect. in Grad. Program in Political Science & Public Administration, Hebrew U., Jerusalem.

1986-1996 Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

l986 1987 Visiting Assoc. Prof. Department of Political Science, UCLA.

1989 & 1991 (summers), Visiting Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1994 (summer), Visiting Associate Prof., Department of Government, Tufts University, Medford, MA.

1995 (summer), Visiting Prof. Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Washington, DC.

1995 (Sept./Oct.), "Visiting Scholar" at Orebro College, Sweden as guest of the Swedish Institute.

1996 (fall semester) Visiting Fellow, Center for Global Change & Governance, Rutgers University at Newark.

1996- Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

1998-2000- Visiting Prof., Depts. of Political Science & Urban Affairs, Hunter College, CUNY, NY, NY.

1998-1999-Member, Faculty Seminar, Diasporas, Transnationalization, & Immigrant Incorporation, Barnard College.

1999-2000-Visiting Prof., Dept. of Urban Studies, Queens College, CUNY, NY, NY.

2005 (September), Visiting Scholar, Center for Jewish Studies, Nanjing University, China

2005 (October), Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Bordeaux (Institute of Political Studies).

2008-2010 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, NYU.

2009 (January-February) Michel Vaisan Chair on Israeli Society & Politics, Sciences Po Bordeaux (Institute of

Political Studies).

2009-Honorary Professor of Public Policy & Administration, College of Social Sciences ,Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2010 (April)-Mandelbaum Scholar in Residence in Jewish Studies, University of Sydney, Australia

2010-2011 Seymour & Lillian Abensohn Visiting Prof. of Israel Studies, American U, Washington DC.

2011 Schusterman Visiting Professor, Center for Israel Studies, American U., Washington DC

B. Administrative

1974 l975 Coord., Program in Community Studies & Organization, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY.

1976 l984 Head, Urban Studies Program, BGU.

1981-l986 Director, Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Social Ecology, BGU.

1987-1988 Acting Chair, Department of General Studies, BGU.

1989-1991 Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, BGU.

1991-1996 Director, Overseas Students Program, BGU.

1996-1998 Director, The Abraham Conference: Encounters among Muslims, Christians and Jews.

1996-1998 Director, Distinguished Visitors Program

2005- 2008 Chair, Department of Politics & Government, BGU

C. Other

l968 Research Asst. to Guenter Lewy (cited in G. Lewy, Religion & Revolution (NY: Oxford U. Press, l974).

l976 l978 Research Director, Project on Local Government, Settlement Study Center, Rehovot, Israel.

l984 l986 Research Director, Study of Influence of Local Government on National Welfare Policies, Jerusalem

Institute for Israel Studies.

2000- Research Affiliate, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California at San Diego, CA.

2006- Academic Steering Committee, Center for Immigration and Absorption, Ruppin College, Israel

D. Professional Consultant

1968 l974 Consulate of Israel (Chicago & NYC) public affairs.

1973 New York City Civil Service Commission on manpower development.

l973 l975 Haifa University in the United States on overseas programs.

1993-. Omega University Project. Uppsala University, Sweden.

2004 Evaluation Committee for Humanities and Social Sciences of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic,

Institute of State and Law.

2005- Academic Advisory Committee to set up Graduate Program in Immigration Studies, Ruppin College, Israel

2007- 09 Soviet Jewry Movement Academic Advisory Committee, American Jewish Historical Society

2009 Research Fellow, Center for American Law & Political Science, Southwest University of Political

Science & Law, Chongqing China

2009- Judge, JDC-Herbert Katzki Award under auspices of the Jewish Book Council

2010 Covenant Foundation NY NY

Scientific Publications : Books

1. Cities, Communities, & Planning in the 1980s. London: Gower 1984. (eds) F. Lazin, Y. Neumann & D.Soen.

2. Policy Implementation of Social Welfare in the 1980s. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction, l987.

3. Policy Impact of Universities in Developing Regions (Int. edition). London: Macmillan Press, 1989. Edited by

Fred Lazin, Samuel Aroni and Yehuda Gradus. (American edition, NY: St. Martin's Press).

4. Politics and Policy Implementation: Project Renewal in Israel. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1994.

5. Israel in the Nineties. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1996. Edited by Fred Lazin & Greg Mahler.

6. The Policy Implementation Process in Developing Nations (edited volume)(Volume 6 of Policy Studies and

Developing Nations), JAI Press, 1999.

6. Project Renewal: Politics & Implementation. Beer Sheva: BGU Press, 1999 (Hebrew) (Updated version of 1994 Book).

7. The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment. (Lexington Books, 2005). Israel Political Science Association award for Outstanding Book in English 2005.

8. Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition: A Global Perspective (Lexington Books) (2007). Edited by Fred Lazin, Matt Evans, Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot and Hellmut Wollmann.

9. Higher Education and Equality of Opportunity: Cross-National Perspectives (Lexington Books 2010).Edited by Fred Lazin, Matt Evans and N. Jayaram.

10. The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics (expanded and revised), Beer Sheva: BGU Press (forthcoming) (Hebrew). A Chinese edition is also being prepared.

Edited Symposium in Scholarly Journals and Books

1. "Developing Areas, Universities and Public Policy," Policy Studies Journal (XIV, 3 (March 1986): 403-494), F.

Lazin, Y. Gradus and S. Aroni (eds).

2. "Universities in Developing Countries," Higher Education (Vol.23 No.1; 1992) F. Lazin and S. Aroni (eds).

3. "The Role of Universities in Developing Areas," Higher Education Policy IV, no.2 (1991) F. Lazin & S. Aroni (eds). 4. Immigration and Absorption: Issues in a Multicultural Perspective: Proceedings of the UCLA-BGU Conference on Immigration, May 1991. Beersheva, Humphrey Center, 1994), F. Lazin, R. and I. Light (eds).

5. "Third International Symposium on the Role of Universities in Developing Areas," Higher Education Policy VIII, no.2 (1995), F. Lazin, M. Alves and S. Aroni (eds.).

Chapters in Collected Volumes

1." Ethnicity and Political Behavior," in Shlomo Slonim (ed.),The American Experience in Historical Perspective

(Ramat Gan, Israel: Turtledove Press, 1979), pp. 160-164.

2. "Administrative Linkages & Inter Municipal Service Distributions: The Case of Welfare & Education in Israel" in

Richard Rich (ed.), The Politics of Urban Public Services (Lexington: MA: Lexington Books, l982), pp.

l07 ll9.

3. "Education Policy in Israel, The Reality of Implementation," in Ephraim Ben Baruch & Yoram Neumann, editors.

Educational Administration & PolicyMaking: The Case of Israel (Israel: Unipress Pub., l982), pp. l25 l37.

4. "The Implementation of Low Income Housing Policy in the United States: The Case of Section 8 Existing Housing"

(with S. Aroni) in Hellmut Wollmann et. al. (eds.), Applied Urban Research (Bonn: Bundesforschungsamstal

fur Landeskunde & Raumordnung, l982). * Reprinted in Cities & Housing, edited by C. S. Yadav (New Delhi,

India: Concept Publishing Company, 1987.

5. "L'assistencza Sociale in Israele" ("Social Assistance in Israel") in Bruno Dente et. al. (eds.), Le Relaziona Centro

-Periferia ( Milano: Peri Tipi Dell Editore Giuffre, l984), pp. 236l 2374 (Italian).

6. "Games Federal Officials Play: The Case of the Housing Assistance Plans" (with Samuel Aroni), in George C.

Edwards, III, (ed.), Public Policy Implementation (Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, l984), pp.l57 l68.

7. "Public Housing & the New Federalism: The Myth of Centralized Power," in Dan Soen et. al.(eds.),Cities,

Communities & Planning in the 1980s (London:Gower l984), pp. 339-351.

8. "Horizontal and Vertical Decentralization in Social Welfare Services in Israel," in Terry Clark et. al. (eds.)

Questioning the Welfare State (Grenoble, France: CESOL, l984) (French).

9. " The Role of a University in a Peripheral Region: The Case of Ben Gurion University of the Negev," (with Yehuda

Gradus), in Alan Artibise and Wendelin Fraser (eds.) New Directions For Urban Universities: International

Perspectives (Winnipeg Canada: Institute of Urban Studies, U. of Winnipeg, 1987), pp. 198-208.

10. "Decentralizing Trends in a Unitary System   Israel," in Lloyd Brown John (ed.), Centralizing and Decentralizing

Trends in Federal States (New York: Academic Press, 1988), pp. 357-367.

11. "Problems of a University in a Peripheral Region: The Case of Ben Gurion University of the Negev," (with Y.

Gradus) in Lazin et. al.(eds.), Policy Impact of Universities in Developing Regions ( London: Macmillan

Press, 1989).

12. " Introduction" in Lazin et. al.(eds.), Policy Impact of Universities… (London: Macmillan, 1989).

13. "The Reaction of the American Jewish Committee to the Crisis of German Jewry, 1933-1939," in I. Shur, F. Littell &

C. Foster (Eds),The Holocaust: In Answer..." (West Chester, PA: Sylvan Pub., Ltd., 1988).

14. The Role of Mayors in Israeli Social Policymaking: The Community Renewal Project.” In Douglas Ashford, ed.

International Review of Comparative Public Policy. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1990, pp. 109-126.

15. "Un essai de participation du citoyen: le cas d'un project de renovation en Israel," in Dan Ferrand-Bechmann (ed),

Entraide, Participation Et Solidarites Dans L'Habitat (Paris, France: CESOL, 1991, pp. 151-166

(French). Reissued by Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 1992, pp. 185-204.

16. "Universities, Political Development and Regional Imbalance," in The Role of Circumpolar Universities in Northern

Development (Thunder Bay, Ontario: Lakehead U. Centre for Northern Studies, 1991 (Occasional Paper #4).

17. "A New University. Excellence versus Relevance," in Urban Dahllof and Staffan Selander (eds.), New Universities

and Regional Context (Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University, 1994 (Uppsala Studies in Education 56).

18. "The Politics of Immigrant Absorption: The Case of Israel" in Richard Isralowitz, Fred Lazin and Ivan Light, eds.

Immigration and Absorption: Issues in a Multicultural Perspective: Proceedings of the UCLA-BGU

Conference on Immigration, May 1991. Beersheva, Humphrey Center for Social Ecology, 1994).

19. "Israeli Democracy: Development and Change Under Stress" in Metin Heper, Ali Kazancigil and Bert Rockman

(eds.) Institutions and Democratic Statecraft , 1997.

20. "Introduction" in Fred Lazin (ed.) The Policy Implementation Process in Developing Nations (Greenwich, CT: JAI

Press, 1999), pp. 1-7.

21. "Methodological and Substantive Issue in the Policy Implementation Process" in Fred Lazin (ed.) The Policy

Implementation Process in Developing Nations (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc., 1999).

22. "Politics, Race and Education: Israeli Education Policies for Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants 1984-1992" in

Daniel Friedman, editor, Les Juifs Ethiopiens (Paris: les Editions du Nadir, 2005).

23. "Israel’s Demographic Needs versus “Freedom of Choice”: The Case of Soviet Jewish Émigrés, 1967-1990. In

Jose Brunner (ed.), Tel Aviver Jahrbuch fur Deutsche Geschichte 2007 (Demography-Democracy-History; Tel Aviv Yearbook for German History XXXV (2007) .

24. “Introduction” in Fred Lazin et. al. (eds.). Local Government Reforms in Countries in Transition: A Global

Perspective (Lanham MD, Lexington Books, 2007), pp. 1-11.

25. "Israel’s Demographic Needs versus “Freedom of Choice”: The Case of Soviet Jewish Émigrés, 1967-1990. In

Jewish-Israeli Studies Series, Vol. 3 Shanghai (2009) (In Chinese).

26. “Introduction” in Fred Lazin, Matt Evans & Narayana Jayaram (eds.), Higher Education and Equality of

Opportunity: Cross-National Perspectives (Lanham MD: Lexington Books, forthcoming).

Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals.

1. "The Failure of Federal Enforcement of Civil Rights Regulations in Public Housing  l963 l97l: The co-optation of a

Federal Agency by Its Local Constituency," Policy Sciences 4 (l973):263 273. (reprinted in L. J. O'Toole, Jr.

(ed.) American Intergovernmental Relations (2nd ed.), Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1993), pp305-313).

2. "The Police & Black Separatism: A Problem for Public Policy," Journal of Police Science & Administration, III, No.

l, (March, l975):l 8.

3. "Federal Low Income Housing Assistance Program and Racial Segregation: Leased Public Housing," Public Policy,

XXIV, No. 3, (Summer l976):337 360.

4. "The Response of the American Jewish Committee to the Crisis of German Jewry, l933 l939," American Jewish

History (formerly AJHQ) LXVIII,No.3 (March, l979):283 304.

5. "Busy & Active Men: The Reaction of the American Jewish Committee to Hitler's Anti Jewish Policies Before the

Second World War," Yalkut Moreshet, XXVIII (October, l979):l07 l22 (Hebrew).

6. "How the Police View the Press," Journal of Police Science and Administration, VIII, No. 2 (June l980):l48 l59.

Reprinted in Annual Editions: Criminal Justice(81-82) (Guilford, Connecticut: Dushkin, l98l), pp. 75 84.

7. "Policy, Perception & Program Failure: The Politics of Public Housing in Chicago & NYC," Urbanism Past &

Present, No. 9 (Win. l979 l980):l l2. Reprint #. l22 (Grad. School of Arch. & Urban Planning, UCLA, l980).

8. "The Effects of Administrative Linkages on Implementation: Welfare Policy in Israel," Policy Sciences l2

(l980):l93 2l4.

9. "Administrative Networks and Municipal Service Distributions," Policy Studies Journal 9, No. 7 (l98l):l05l l058.

10. "Local Government and PolicyMaking in Israel: The Case of Welfare," Indian Journal of Social Work 4l, No.3

(l980): 285 295.

11. "Education & Welfare in Israel: Municipalities Egalitarian Policies & Unequal Services," Studies in Educational

Admin., No. l0 (Winter l982):117 l25 (Hebrew).

12. "Problems for Implementing Social Welfare Policy: Welfare & Education in Israel," Social Service Review, LVI,

No.2 (June 1982):292-310.

13. " The Non-Centralized Model of American Jewish Organizations: A Possible Test Case, " Jewish Social Studies,

XLIV, Nos. 3-4 (Summer Fall 1982):299-314.

14. "Federalism, Low-Income Housing Policies and the Myth of Centralized Power" (with Samuel Aroni), Policy

Studies Review, III, No. 1 (1983):62-66.

15. "Comprehensive Primary Care at the Neighborhood Level: An Israeli Experiment that Failed," J. of Health, Politics

, Policy & Law, VIII, No.3 Fall 1983):463-479.

16. "Developing a Peripheral Region: The Case of Ben Gurion University of the Negev" (with Yehuda Gradus),Policy

Studies Journal (March 1986):487-494.

17. " Introduction" (w/Gradus & Aroni), Policy Studies J. (March 1986):403-406.

18. "How Successful was the Section 8 Program in Los Angeles?" (with Aroni), Research Reports. 86-2 of the Institute

of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley (1986).

19. "A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Renewal: The Israeli Experience," J. of Urban Affairs, X, No.1 (1988): 77-87.

20. "The Influence of Local Government on National Social Welfare Policy in Israel," Special Pub. of the Jerusalem

Inst. of Israel Studies (Sum. 1988) (Hebrew).

21.”The Influence of Horizontal & Vertical Fragmentation on Social Welfare Policy: The Case of Israel." The Indian J

. of Social Work, XLIX, no.3 (July 1988): 203-214.

22. "Local- National Relations in a New Nation: The Case of Israel," The Lawyer 4 (1991) (Czech).

23. "Universities, Political Development and Regional Imbalance," Higher Education Policy IV, no.2 (1991):20-23.

24. "Municipal Government and Politics in Israel." Administrative Studies 11 (1992): 76-85.

25. "The Study of Policy Implementation: Lessons from Israel's Project Renewal." Governance8 (1995):261-280.

26. "An Israeli Experiment in Citizen Participation: The Case of Project Renewal in Israel." Journal of Urban Affairs

18 (1996):307-321.

27. “INRUDA: Lessons for Higher Education in the 21^st Century.” Higher Education Policy (w/ Samuel Aroni). .

28. “New Initiatives for Academic Development: The Case of Ben Gurion University of the Negev.” Higher

Education Policy 11 (1998): 291-299.

28. “Spatial Segregation, Social Inevitability, Economic Feasibility & Political Acceptability: Explaining the

Housing Policies for Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel.” Nationalism & Ethnic Politics 3 (#4) (Winter

1997):39-68.

30. "The Third Sector and Immigrant Absorption: Lessons from the Israeli Experience.” Journal of Public

Administration xxiv, no.11 (2001): 1211-1232.

31. "Challenges of Absorption: Absorbing Immigrants from the Soviet Union and Ethiopian in Israel, 1989-1993."

Occasional Papers in Jewish History and Thought, Hunter College Jewish Social Studies Program, 2001.

32. “Israel’s Efforts to Absorb Jewish Immigrants from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia, 1989-1993.” IMIS-Beitrage 17

(2001): 9-32.

33. “Israel and Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants” Society , May-June, 2002.

34. “Israel’s Changing Collective Identity.” The Adler Seminar on the Future of Judaism in America: Issues &

Dilemmas in Israeli & American Jewish Identities, Occasional Papers in Jewish History & Thought, Hunter

College Jewish Social Studies Program, 2002.

35. "The Israeli-Palestinian Conundrum", Applied Law (Aplikovane pravo), 2 (2004): 5-14.

36. " Izraelsko-palestinska hadanka", Applied Law (Aplikovane pravo), 2 (2004) 15-24.

37. “Ethnicity and Political Clout”, CCAR Journal (Summer 2005), 57-72.

38. “Freedom of Choice”: Israeli Efforts to Prevent Soviet Jewish Émigrés to Resettle in the United States", Review

of Policy Research 23 (2) (2006) :387-411.

39. "Refugee Resettlement and 'Freedom of Choice"' The Case of Soviet Jewry". Backgrounder, Center for

Immigration Studies, June 2005. http://www.cis.org/articles/2005/back705.html .

40. "American Jews, Israel and Political Advocacy". Society 43 (2) (2006): 62-67.

41. “Jews & American Politics; The Struggle for Soviet Jewry”, Religion& American Society (vol 3) (2006) 315 -332. (Chinese).

42. “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts”, Geotama (2008): 229-240 (Italian).

43. “”We Are Not One”: American Jews, Israel and the Struggle for Soviet Jewry”, Ann Arbor, MI: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, University of Michigan, 2009. (Monograph).

44. “Jewish Influence in American Foreign Policy: American Jewry, Israel & the Issue of Soviet Jewry, 1968-1989”.

Applied Law (Aplikovane pravo)(forthcoming)

Non-refereed Professional Articles and Publications.

1. Bertram W. Korn, The Early Jews of New Orleans. A book review in The Jewish Journal of Sociology, XII, No.1

(June 1970):101-103.

2. " Put Not Your Faith in Princes." Review of Henry Feingold's The Politics of Rescue in Judaism, XX, No. 4 (Fall

1971):505-507.

3. Albert Reiss, Jr., The Policy and the Public. A book review in Worldview, No.9 (September 1972):59-60.

4. "On Blacks and Jews" (with Allan Mendelowitz), Congress bi-Weekly, 39 (9) 21-22.

5. "Rabin and the Nixon Jews," Worldview, XVI, No.5(May 1973 and responses, August, October 1973).

6. "The Case Against Israel," Zionist Comments (Jan.-Feb. 1977).

7. "Administrative Linkages & Policy Implementation in a Unitary Political System: Welfare & Education Policy in

Israel." Disc. Pap. No. 133 (LA: GSAUP, UCLA, 1980).

8. "Local-National Relations & Policy Formation in a Federal Org.: The Response of Dist. 6 to National B'Nai B'rith

Policies During the 1930's." Disc. Paper No.140( LA: GSAUP-UCLA, 1980).

9. Local Government Services in Five Israeli Urban Municipalities (Rehovot, ISR: Settlement Study Center, 1981 (with

G. Naor, T. Benin and L. Abrahams) (Hebrew).

10. "Politics, Race & Absorption: Israeli Housing and Education Policies for Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants, 1984 -1992". The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS), UCSD; Working Paper #28 (Nov. 2000).

11. Stuart Altshuler, From Exodus to Freedom: A History of the Soviet Jewry Movement. A book review in American

Jewish History 2007.

6. “The Role of Ethnic Politics in US Immigration & Refugee Policy: The Case of Soviet Jewry.” The Center for

Comparative Immigration Studies (CCIS), UC San Diego; Working Paper #175 (February 2009). http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/PUBLICATIONS/working_papers.htm

Presentation of Papers at Meetings and Workshops.

"The Police & Racial Segregation," Amer. Pol. Sci. Assoc. (APSA), Chicago IL 1971.

"Mayors, Racial Segregation & Public Policy," NY Pol. Sci. Assoc. Binghamton, 1972.

"The Failure of Federal Enforcement of Civil Rights Regulations in Public Housing, 1963-1971,” APSA,

Washington, DC, 1972.

Participant, panel on Middle East Politics, CUNY Political Science Conference, NYC, 1975.

"American Jewish Response to German Jewish Refugees," Institute of Contemporary Jewry (Hebrew U.),

Conference "One Generation After," NYC, 1975.

"The Effect of Mayoral Policy on Public Support for Low-Income Housing in White & Black Communities: A Comparative Study of New York City & Chicago," APSA, San Francisco, 1975.

"Public Housing & Racial Discrimination," Israel Geographical Association, Jerusalem, 1976.

"The Police and the Press," APSA, NYC, 1978.

"Local Government in Israel," Israel Society for Public Administration, Jerusalem, 1978.

"The Politics of Housing & Planning in Israel," Int. Studies Seminar of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Washington, DC. 1978.

"Implementing Poverty Policy in Israel," APSA, Washington, DC 1979

"Administrative Linkages & Policy Implementation in a Unitary Political System: Welfare & Education Policy in Israel," American Society for Public Administration, San Francisco, 1980.

“Administrative Linkages in the Delivery of Welfare & Educational Services in Israel," Sapir Int. Conference on Development & Social Policy Evaluation, Tel Aviv. 1981.

"The Implementation of Low-Income Housing Policies in the United States" (w\Aroni), European Meeting on

Applied Urban Research, Essen, Germany, 1981.

"A Model for Explaining Municipal Influence on Implementing Social Welfare Policy in a Unitary Political System: The Case of Israel," Inst. for the Science of PA, "Importance of Intergovernmental. Relations for the Understanding of Power in Industrial Societies," Milano, Italy, 1982.

“Implementation as Evolution: The Assoc. for Advancement of Health & Social Services in the Negev, " XII

World Congress of Int. Pol. Sci. Assoc. (IPSA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1982.

“The Politics of Changing Health Service Delivery Systems in Israel," Israel Pol. Sci. Assoc. Ramat Gan 1983.

"Horizontal and Vertical Decentralization in Social Welfare Services in Israel," "Questioning the Welfare State &

Rise of the City," at University of Nanterre, France, 1984.

"Training Public Servants in Policy Analysis in Israel: Conduct & Constraints" (with G. Doron), "Policy Analysis

& Training of Public Servants, IPSA Study Group on Public Policy & European Inst. of Pub. Admin.

Mastricht, Holland, 1985.

"Allocation Patterns of Social Welfare Policy in Unitary Systems: The Case of Project Renewal in Israel," XIII

World Congress of IPSA, Paris, 1985.

"Problems of Social Policy Making in a Unitary Political System" APSA, Washington, DC, 1986.

"The Israeli Case," Round Table on Cross-National Study of Social Policy, Bellagio, Italy, 1986.

"The State, Political Parties & Foreign Interests in Israel: A Case Study of A Weak State," “Rolling Back

Frontiers of the State," the IPSA RC. Structures of Government (SOG) & Institute de Recherches Juridiques

Comparatives, Paris, 1987.

"A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Renewal," Urban Affairs Assoc. Meetings, Akron, Ohio, 1987.

"Citizen Participation in Israel's Project Renewal," & "Local Influence in the Implementation of GAIN", XIV

World Congress of IPSA, Washington, DC. 1988.

"The Implementation of Welfare Programs in California," IPSA RC SOG "Government & Organized Interests,"

Zurich, Switzerland, 1989.

"Universities, Political Development & Regional Imbalance," "The Role of Circumpolar Universities in Northern

Development," Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, 1989.

"Local National Relations in a New Nation: The Case of Israel,” "Decentralization & Local Govt. in Eastern & Western Countries," IPSA RC on Comp. Study of Local Politics & Govt. & the Inst. Law of Czech. Acad. of Sciences, Benesov, CSFR, 1990.

"A New University: Excellence versus Relevance," at "New Universities, Networks and Regional Context: An International Development Seminar" Sundvall, Sweden, 1992.

"Israeli Democracy: Development & Change Under Stress," "Political Institutions & Consolidation of Democracy: Expectations vs. Performance", IPSA RC SOG, Ankara, Turkey, 1983.

Participant, Second Omega International Development Seminar on "Expanding Colleges & New Universities," Ostersund, Sweden, 1995.

“The Absorption of Russian & Ethiopian Immigrants, 1989-1992,” Keynote, "Comparative Perspectives on Immigration" Centre for Housing & Urban Res., Orebro U., Sweden, 1995.

“New Initiatives for Academic Development: The Case of Ben Gurion University" keynote, “Higher Education in

the 21st Cent.: Challenge in Developing Countries,” Hanoi, Vietnam, 1996.

Participant in Roundtable on the Israeli Elections, APSA, San Francisco, 1996.

“Housing Absorption Policies for Ethiopian Immigrants, 1984-1997.” Israel Pol. Sci. Assoc. Ramat Gan, 1997.

“Educational Policies Toward Ethiopian Children 1984-1992,” Int. Conference on Multiculturalism & Minority Groups: From Theory to Practice, Jerusalem, 1997.

“INRUDA: Lessons for Higher Education in the 21^st Century,” at the 5^th INRUDA International Seminar, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden, 1997.

"Policy Implementation in Israel: Education Policies for Ethiopian Jewish Immigrants-1984-1993" 30^th Annual Conf. of the Association for Jewish Studies, Boston, MA, December 1998.

"Democratic Shortcomings & Unforeseen Consequences of Electoral Reform: The Direct Election of the Israeli Prime Minister." 53^rd Annual Conference of the NYState PSA, Jamaica, NY, May 7-8, 1999.

"Emergency Refugee Resettlement in Urban Environments: The Case of Nachal Bekka in Beer Sheva, Israel" Paper presented at Urban Affairs Assoc. 30^th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, May, 2000.

"Israel or America? American Jewry's Response to Soviet Émigrés, 1970-1990." International Center for

Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship Seminar at New School, New York, November 2000.

"Israel's Immigrant Integration Policies: The Case of Black Ethiopian Jews" Paper presented at Research Seminar Series of Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego, November 2000 (http://www.ccis-

ucsd.org/PUBLICATIONS/working_papers.htm.

"Politics, Race and Education: Ethiopian Jews in Israel." Paris Colloquium of Society for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry, Paris, October 2001.

“Israeli involvement in American Politics: The Efforts of the Liaison Bureau to Influence American Jewish

Organizations on the Issue of Soviet Jewry” Seminar at UCLA, February 2002.

“Israeli Education Policy & the Absorption of Ethiopian Immigrants” Paper presented at European Social Science

History Conference Meetings, The Hague, February 27-March 2, 2002.

“The absorption of Ethiopian Jews into the Israeli Education System during the Years 1984-1992.” The 10^th

NISPAC Annual Conference: Delivering Public Services in CEE Countries: Trends and Developments

Krakow, Poland, April 25-27, 2002