Naama Sabar

Autolytic Enzymes in Fungal Cell Walls

SUMMARY: Autolytic glucanase and protease activity was detected in cell walls of some pythium species prepared by ultrasonic treatment. The glucanase activity was correlated with mycelial development. Maximal glucose release was detected in growing cultures during the linear growth period of the fungus. Assays of glucanase activity in cell walls prepared from mycelium harvested at different times showed that the enzymic activity increased with the age of mycelium from which the cell walls were prepared. The relationship between autolytic enzymes and mycelial development is discussed.

Kibbutz L.A.: A paradoxical social network

This article examines the social network maintained by former kibbutzniks living in Los Angeles, in relation to their cultural and ethnic roots, against a background of transnationalism, using a qualitative approach and life-history methodology. The findings indicate that this population constitutes a unique subgroup with a common internal language and clear boundaries separating them from the rest of society. The study shows that kibbutz-reared Israeli immigrants set up a social network characterized by intensive multiplex ties that provides practical and emotional support but at the same time decreases their desire to integrate into the new country.

Many Doubts, Few Excuses: Zionist education in kibbutz high schools

Abstract The kibbutz is an authentic component of Zionism and Zionist ideology which contributed to the establishment and strengthening of the State of Israel in its early years. A steady decline in the status of the kibbutz in Israeli society and various crises that it underwent triggered this study which set out to locate and describe Zionist education curricula in kibbutz high schools. The study, using a qualitative framework, included two intensive case studies and a survey of 21 schools. The findings in these schools through 1990s showed no existing formal Zionist education curricula but did uncover various extra‐curricular activities which kibbutz educators attributed to the subject. The hidden agenda of these activities shows that Zionist education is considered part of the political and ideological strengthening of the kibbutz during troublesome times. The pupils, who lack general knowledge and close encounters with the ideological foundations of Zionism and Judaism, are given a mixture of sceptic...

The Need for Teacher Training in Curriculum Development

(1981). The Need for Teacher Training in Curriculum Development. British Journal of In-Service Education: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 22-27.