The Faces of Religiosity in Israel: Cleavages or Continuum?

Ben‐Rafael, Eliezer

doi:10.2979/isr.2008.13.3.89

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“…We found a difference between the messages presented by religious and non‐religious teachers. Religious teachers emphasized more messages of ingroup victimization and patriotism, and used more references to the Bible, which correspond to their ideology (Ben‐Refael, ). We also found individual differences in the use of the themes in different ceremonies.…”

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“…As Zionists, orthodox people assert their commitment to the State of Israel by defining it as a religious duty. As national‐religious people, they see Jewish nationalism as a holy belief (Ben‐Rafael, ).…”

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“…With regard to the conflict, the national‐religious camp opposes any concession of the ancestral territory, the land promised to the Jewish people by God. It sees the attachment to the land as the principal facet of the national collective identity and encourages Jewish settlement of this land (Ben‐Refael, ; Ravitsky, ). These beliefs, which are considered hawkish, are manifested in the curriculum of the state‐religious educational system (Gross, ).…”

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Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Nasie

Bar‐Tal

2019

Euro J Social Psych

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This study investigated political socialization in Israeli‐Jewish kindergartens. Specifically, it examined the scope of conflict supporting and peace supporting themes that Jewish‐Israeli kindergarten teachers transmit to children during ceremonies of national events. Sixty‐eight observations in 17 state‐secular and state‐religious kindergartens were conducted during five ceremonies: Passover, Holocaust Day, Memorial Day for Israeli Fallen Soldiers, Independence Day, and Jerusalem Day. The findings reveal that teachers transmit messages that comply with the conflict supporting themes to the children. The most dominant themes were collective self‐perceived victimization, justness of one’s own goals, positive collective self‐image, ingroup security, and patriotism. These themes were more dominant in state‐religious than in state‐secular kindergartens. Thus, we found that the kindergarten teachers serve as agents of political socialization who transmit the hegemonic national narratives to the younger generation.

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Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Nasie

Bar‐Tal

2019

Euro J Social Psych

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“…Generally speaking, however, when asked to define their attitudes towards religion, Israeli Jewish respondents tend to fall into the four classes: a little more than 50% perceive themselves as secular, about 20% as religious Zionists, approximately 20% as traditional, and roughly 10% as ultra-Orthodox. 35 (4) Political divergence: the tension between right-wing and left-wing political perceptions has created a seesaw game in which political dominance has shifted from one side to the other. 36 Right-wing ideologies in Israel are closer to nationalism, with extreme rightists even justifying violent actions that might violate democratic principles; 37 in contrast, leftwing liberals tend to adopt a progressive and cosmopolitan viewpoint that goes along with secularism, equality and, above all, cultural tolerance.…”

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The 2013 Israeli elections and historic recurrences

Lewin

2015

Israel Affairs

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The 2013 election campaign in Israel shows, at first glance, some unanticipated results and unexpected reactions of several political actors. Three events in particular can be noted: (1) the rise of a significant centrist middle-class party; (2) the association of the newly elected right-wing Prime Minister with his left-wing rivals; and (3) the revival of a national religious party after years of decline. A broad overview, however, reveals that from many perspectives numerous key elements of Israeli politics have remained broadly the same over the decades. Some unanticipated outcomes of the elections are to a substantial extent repetitions of past events, referred to in this paper as historic recurrences. In order to establish this claim about historic recurrence, each event is compared to past events with which several striking similarities are found. In order to explain the phenomenon of historic recurrence in Israeli politics, two sets of concepts are applied: the sociological terminology regarding reference group and collective identity, and rational choice theories about voter behaviour and the preferences of political actors.

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“…Israeli society is divided into different cleavages, which run along the ethnical and religious belongings. These cleavages have also a crucial impact on the political system, because it is characterized by plurality which leads to a variety of parties in the political system (Ben-Rafael, 2008). Each ethnicity, political or religious movement has its own party and leads often to changes in the political system.…”

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Secularization in the Holy Land: Challenges for the State- Secularism and Nationalism in Israel

Biewener¹

2016

IRD

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Israel is on the way to become a secular state. Parts of the society are separating from the religious authority. Under the international pressure of the globalization it is getting more important for Israel to integrate in the western interpretation of secularization. It seems that a secular Israel could resolve the political and social inequality between the ethnic groups. But the process of secularization causes a couple of problems in the society. Since years Israel is on the move to find his identity in a pluralistic and globalized world. The religious affiliation is decreasing in Israel. People do not believe privately anymore. In public it is still demonstrated, that Israel is united in the religious beliefs. Nationalism regains strength in Israel and causes new conflicts. This qualitative work based on hermeneutic and media analyses will show how problematic the way of secularization is and that the society will be probably even more unequal than before. If Israel is losing his ties of religious beliefs it needs to find a new identity.But the increase of secularization causes also the increase of nationalism. Nationalism and in his extreme forms of religious nationalism or ethnocentrism will jeopardize equality under the population. Thus, the question has to be answered if a secular Israel will be more open, pluralistic or equal and finally better prepared to meet the challenges of the politically unstable Middle East region and the globalization.

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The Faces of Religiosity in Israel: Cleavages or Continuum?

Cited by 23 publications

References 8 publications

Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

Political socialization in kindergartens: Observations of ceremonies of the Israeli Jewish holidays and memorial days

The 2013 Israeli elections and historic recurrences

Secularization in the Holy Land: Challenges for the State- Secularism and Nationalism in Israel

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