Mate Selection and Marriage Decision in Bicultural Society: Modern Orthodox Society in Israel

Shalev, Ofra; Baum, Nehami; Itzhaky, Haya

doi:10.1080/01494929.2011.650350

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“…The largest support of this view was expressed in the modern-religious group, where 100 % of the respondents said they would share the test results with close family members, corresponding with the strong family-oriented characteristics of this population (Shalev et al 2012). In the case of Huntington's disease, Israeli respondents' support was relatively high but also very heterogeneous.…”

Section: To Tell or Not To Tell?mentioning

confidence: 94%

Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes in Germany and Israel Towards Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases

Raz

Schicktanz

2016

SpringerBriefs in Ethics

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Section: To Tell or Not To Tell?mentioning

confidence: 94%

Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes in Germany and Israel Towards Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases

Raz

Schicktanz

2016

SpringerBriefs in Ethics

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“…But for many, the social script that dictates a limited period of dating and marriage at a fairly young age plays a central role in their decision to marry. Shalev, Baum, and Itzhaky (2012) interviewed RZ couples who married in their late teens and early twenties. Their interviewees spoke about 'the sword of time', by which they meant societal pressures that limit the dating period and encourage reaching decisions about marriage.…”

Section: Following the Religious Zionist Script: Standard Biographiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religious Zionist Singles and Late-Modern Youth Culture

Engelberg¹

2013

Israel Studies Review

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In Israeli-Jewish society, specific life-cycle scripts bolster boundaries between religious groups. The Religious Zionist (RZ) script calls for marriage in the late teens or early twenties. RZs who remain unmarried after this age often rent apartments in downtown locations where they form social networks. Sociologists who have studied this phenomenon among Western youth associate it with the tendency of individuals in late modernity to carry on certain aspects of adolescence into later years, thus creating a new life stage-'young adulthood'. Although RZ rabbis prefer that singles marry early and avoid this life stage, the singles interviewed in this study do not accept this rabbinical stand. They value various aspects of late-modern youth culture but, nevertheless, continue to believe in RZ family values as well. Their social networks help maintain religious boundaries even while allowing them to inch closer to a Western youth culture lifestyle.

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“…Unlike their ultra‐Orthodox counterparts, RZ singles may seek a spouse on their own; they need not be “set up” by parents and marriage brokers in order to go on a date . However, RZ dating is more utilitarian and marriage oriented than is common in secular society; dating usually lasts no longer than a few months, during which time the couple is expected to remain chaste (Engelberg ; Shalev, Nehami, and Itzhaky ).…”

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Religious Zionist Singles: Caught Between “Family Values” and “Young Adulthood”

Engelberg

2016

Scientific Study of Religion

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In current Religious Zionist society, marriage and family are considered sacred values that stand in opposition to the sexual liberalism that believers associate with secular society. Religious Zionists are encouraged to marry in their early 20s; those who fail to follow this societal script find themselves facing social and religious challenges. This article, based upon ethnographic research and in-depth interviews with RZ singles, examines the contexts of this phenomenon as well as the actual effect of prolonged singlehood upon the religiosity of singles. Singles' distance from traditional synagogue-based communities and their tendency to form closed networks of friends with other Religious Zionists (RZs), both of which are typical during young adulthood, were found to impact their religiosity. It was also found that many singles consider their religiosity to be flawed. This is explained as resulting from both the drawing force of Western youth culture and from feelings of loneliness and anomy experienced by singles. Their central strategy for dealing with the arising tension is compartmentalization-viewing singlehood as a period during which a moratorium from strict religious observance is acceptable.

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Mate Selection and Marriage Decision in Bicultural Society: Modern Orthodox Society in Israel

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes in Germany and Israel Towards Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases

Making Responsible Life Plans: Cultural Differences in Lay Attitudes in Germany and Israel Towards Predictive Genetic Testing for Late-Onset Diseases

Religious Zionist Singles and Late-Modern Youth Culture

Religious Zionist Singles: Caught Between “Family Values” and “Young Adulthood”

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