The various chapters of this book deal with some of the main aspects of cultural transition among immigrant youths in a specific society – that of Israel. However, the editor of this book believes that these contributions relate to universal issues whose meaning transcends the Israeli case. In its attempts to ease the hardships of absorption and reacculturation for its young immigrants, Israel has often exercised a special strategy: education within residential settings. Many of the chapters included here therefore refer to this particular educational and organizational strategy and its various feature, especially to Youth Aliyah.
