Israel: state management of religion or religious management of the state?

Lehmann, David

doi:10.1080/13621025.2012.735027

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“…Ideology based on religion has consistently held a prominent position in the discourse surrounding Israel. As explained by Lehmann (2012), the state of Israel was established based on the Jewish religion, and the formal criterion of citizenship is being a Jew, thus belonging to the Jewish people. In the Israeli context, the term ideological politics refers to the internal divisions among social groups on the religious concept of the state, each claiming to represent the nation's best interests.…”

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Navigating the Complexities of Identity: is there an Accelerated Israelization of Religion?

Katz

2024

IJSSHR

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This research aims to explore the dynamics of Israeli politics, particularly regarding the interplay between religion, democracy, and identity. By delving into this complex landscape, the research unravels the multifaceted nature of Israeli politics, shedding light on the various factors that shape its political landscape. This includes examining the influence of religion, the functioning of democratic institutions, and the diverse identities within society. A key focus is to analyze the role of religion in politics, including its impact on governance, policy-making, and societal norms. This involves studying the influence of religious parties, the relationship between religious and secular segments of society, and the implications for minority rights and freedoms. The research aims to assess the functioning of democracy in the counter-relations between religion and society, evaluating the extent to which democratic principles are upheld and the challenges faced in maintaining democratic governance amidst religious diversity and societal divisions. This objective is demonstrated by exploring the complexities of identity within Israeli society, including Jewish identity and the intersections between religious, cultural, and national identities. This involves examining how identity politics shapes political discourse, electoral behavior, and policy priorities. By analyzing the complexities of Israeli politics, the research seeks to identify key challenges facing the nation - tensions between religious and secular forces and uncover opportunities for fostering greater social cohesion, promoting democratic values, and addressing issues of religious pluralism. The main question investigated here is if we can trace an accelerated Israelization of Haredim due to local and global political changes and the fight for existence against terrorism that have changed the social and cultural nature of Israel in the last year?

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Katz

2024

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“…For decades, the Haredi parties— Yahadut Hatorah and Shas —constituted a balance pivot in Israeli politics. Their political influence exceeded the Haredi community's relative numbers in the Israeli population (see Lehmann, 2012). In recent years, these parties became consistent allies of the right‐wing Likud party.…”

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Noncompliance with the law as institutional maintenance at ultra‐religious schools

Perry‐Hazan,

Barak‐Corren,

Nachmani

2023

Regulation & Governance

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How do ultra‐religious schools respond to state regulations that conflict with deep‐rooted cultural norms? This study investigates this question in the context of Haredi boys schools' decisions regarding Israel's core‐curriculum regulations. It draws on a first‐of‐its‐kind dataset of interviews and school data collected from a representative sample of 82 principals and teachers in schools serving 18,000 students and six government inspectors overseeing dozens of schools. We identify isomorphic structures of compliance and noncompliance and analyze the law's role among the competing sources of schools' decisions. These sources include rabbis, nongovernmental network supervisors, private consultants, models set by other schools, resource constraints, parents, and personal opinions. The findings reveal a tension between the law's overarching role in setting the baseline for schools' decisions and its under‐enforcement. We conceptualize this tension as a manifestation of coupled institutional maintenance, whereby ultra‐religious schools and government inspectors collaborate to maintain schools' noncompliance and autonomy.

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“…Consequently, the ultra-Orthodox boys' curriculum focuses primarily on religious texts, a factor that has generated continuing litigation concerning these schools' noncompliance with the state-mandated core curriculum (Perry-Hazan, 2015a, 2015b. Several decades ago, the ultra-Orthodox parties became a balance pivot in Israeli politics, and almost every coalition needed to enlist ultra-Orthodox support (Lehmann, 2012). As ultra-Orthodox politicians placed education at the forefront of their activity, ultra-Orthodox schools became a "third rail," an untouchable issue for out-group politicians (Katzir & Perry-Hazan, 2019;Perry-Hazan, 2015a).…”

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Bidirectional legal socialization and the boundaries of law: The case of enclave communities’ compliance with COVID‐19 regulations

Barak‐Corren

Perry‐Hazan

2021

Journal of Social Issues

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COVID-19 has challenged people worldwide to comply with strict lock-downs and meticulous healthcare instructions. Can states harness enclave communities to comply with the law in such crucial times, even when compliance conflicts with communal sources of authority? We investigated this question through the case of Israeli ultra-Orthodox schools compliance with COVID-19 regulations.Drawing on semi-structured interviews with school principals, documents and media sources, and a field survey, we found that the state has the capacity to quickly internalize new norms and harness the cooperation of previously suspicious communities. At the same time, we found that communal authorities were able to shield widespread communal defiance from legal enforcement. These findings expose the bidirectionality of legal socialization: As the community uses its defiance power to attenuate the law, it socializes public authorities to accede to their bounded authority. As public authorities come to realize that the community cannot be brought to full compliance, they curtail enforcement efforts and socialize the community to operate outside the law. Our findings animate the reciprocity assumption in legal socialization theory and highlight one of the crucial tasks for the next 50 years of research: to examine

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Israel: state management of religion or religious management of the state?

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Navigating the Complexities of Identity: is there an Accelerated Israelization of Religion?

Navigating the Complexities of Identity: is there an Accelerated Israelization of Religion?

Noncompliance with the law as institutional maintenance at ultra‐religious schools

Bidirectional legal socialization and the boundaries of law: The case of enclave communities’ compliance with COVID‐19 regulations

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