Secularization of immigration policy vs. religion's influence on integration: Israel's non‐Jewish Jews' immigration in a comparative perspective

Fisher, Netanel

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“…According to the law that allows the entry of mixed families up to three generations, about four hundred thousand non-Jewish immigrants entered Israel from the 1990s onwards, mainly as part of the mass immigration from the former Soviet Union. The entry of such a large non-Jewish group, has contributed to the acceleration of secularization processes of Jewish ethnic identity (Fisher 2020).…”

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“…For example, India has recently restricted immigration on the basis of belonging to religious minorities perceived as undesirable. There are even distinctly liberal European democracies that reject immigrants on a religious basis disguised by a claim of "cultural incompatibility" (Fisher 2020).…”

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Dynamic Ethnonationalism: The Ongoing Changes in the Ethnonational Borders—Israel in a Global Perspective

Fisher

2022

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The purpose of this research is to present a new model for understanding ethnonationalism: the dynamic ethnonationalism model, which depicts ethnic nationalism as an entity comprised of inherited elements as well as selective and changing ones. According to this new concept, ethnic nationalism, which is usually thought of as a “closed” given kinship, also has a flexible and voluntary nature, similar yet not identical to civic nationalism. Ethnic nationalism is indeed based on inherited elements—innate religion, descent, language, territory, etc., that are not subject to individual choice. However, each ethnic and sub-ethnic group re-interpret and re-implement these elements differently according to changing circumstances, perceptions and competing interests. This theory is examined through changes in immigration and naturalization policies which occurred in various ethnic states. The de- and re-ethnicization processes, the inclusion and exclusion trends engendered by changing boundaries of the ethnic collective, analyzed in this research, serve to illustrate the dynamic construction of ethnonationalism, managed by its multiple interest groups and policy makers. Following a concise review of the connection between ethnonationalism and citizenship throughout the world, the research delves into the Israeli case. The evolving boundaries of the Jewish-Israeli collective and the dispute concerning its definitions (“Who is a Jew”) offer a detailed demonstration of the dynamic ethnonationalism model. The Jewish-Israeli case, which is usually viewed as the ultimate example of rigid ethnicity based on religious stringencies, exhibits how ethnicity contains competing subjective interpretations (“Sub-Jew-ctivity”) that are simultaneously exclusive and inclusive. Thus, the integration of contradictory ethnic definitions into Israel’s laws and policies exhibits a dynamic, hybrid and “soft” ethnic national identity.

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Dynamic Ethnonationalism: The Ongoing Changes in the Ethnonational Borders—Israel in a Global Perspective

Fisher

2022

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Religious Moral Communities or Secular Tolerance? Individual-, National-, and Regional-Level Explanations for Restrictive Refugee Policy Preferences in Europe

Vaughan

2021

Sociology of Religion

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Religious communities can encourage generosity toward strangers. In these communities, such norms are high among religious individuals and nonadherents. It remains unclear how these norms inform policy. Recent refugee crises provide critical tests of how charitable values translate into political preferences. As Europe experiences turmoil over the acceptance and integration of Muslim refugees, I ask how religion affects preferences regarding refugee admissions. I find that marginalized religious groups among new immigrants offer the highest levels of support for admitting refugees. Catholics are more restrictive than religious nones regarding policy preferences, while there are mixed results comparing nones to other Christian denominations. However, for Catholics and most other Christians, generous policy preferences increase with higher rates of religious service attendance. Respondents offer more generous policy preferences in regions with higher rates of Protestant and Catholic affiliation and in nations with higher Protestant affiliation. Restrictive preferences increase with regional and national percent unaffiliated.

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Exploring the Ethnic Cultural Integration Path of Immigrant Communities Based on Ethnic Inter-Embedding

Tian,

2024

Economics

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Facing the ethnic-cultural conflict in the relocation process and to promote ethnic-cultural integration, this study takes the ethnic interlocking communities in Guizhou Province as an example and uses research methods such as interviews and observation to collect data. The study also analyzes the influencing factors of cultural integration through regression analysis and proposes relevant measures. The results of regression analysis showed that cultural belonging, social support, community participation, and linguistic communication skills had a significant positive effect on ethnocultural integration while existing interpersonal relationships and identity had a significant negative effect on ethnocultural integration, with interpersonal relationships having the greatest effect on immigrants’ cultural integration, with a correlation coefficient of −0.260, followed by was the sense of cultural belonging with a regression coefficient of 0.240. Social support, language communication skills, community involvement, and identity were slightly less influential. Overall, the satisfaction levels after the migration were higher than before. Among them, the average satisfaction of immigrants with their income status before migration was 1.15. By building cultural exchange platforms and conducting targeted vocational training, new ideas have been provided for the integration of ethnic cultures in ethnic fusion communities. Research methods can effectively alleviate ethnic-cultural conflicts and promote ethnic-cultural integration.

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Secularization of immigration policy vs. religion's influence on integration: Israel's non‐Jewish Jews' immigration in a comparative perspective

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

Dynamic Ethnonationalism: The Ongoing Changes in the Ethnonational Borders—Israel in a Global Perspective

Dynamic Ethnonationalism: The Ongoing Changes in the Ethnonational Borders—Israel in a Global Perspective

Religious Moral Communities or Secular Tolerance? Individual-, National-, and Regional-Level Explanations for Restrictive Refugee Policy Preferences in Europe

Exploring the Ethnic Cultural Integration Path of Immigrant Communities Based on Ethnic Inter-Embedding

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