Identity, nationalism, and multiculturalism -- The social and cultural landscape of Israel -- The Ultra-Orthodox in the city -- Settlers as a cleavage -- Mizrahim and Ashkenazim -- Russian immigrants -- Ethiopian Jews -- Arabs and Druze in Israel -- Foreign workers: the case of the Filipinos -- The configuration of multiculturalism -- Rules of multiculturalism -- Identity and national politics -- Cleavages transformed -- Multiculturalism and the pursuit of meanings.