ABSTRACT
Israel is, by definition, a country of immigration and the Law of Return allows every Jew in the world to come to this country as oleh, someone who returns to the Promised Land. The research in Israel offered the opportunity to investigate the role of transitions in a context that, compared to Germany, appears much more experienced in accommodating and absorbing immigrants, although this is not the only difference which exists between these two countries. Self-efficacy was lower among Arab adolescents as compared to Russian Jewish and native Israeli adolescents. Arab adolescents also scored lowest in self-esteem and differed significantly from the native Israelis. Russian adolescents were in between these two groups concerning their level of self-esteem and did not differ from either of the other groups. Traditional partnership preferences was lowest among Russian-Jewish and highest among Arab adolescents with all groups differing significantly from one another.
