Contemporary Israeli Haredi Society - Profiles, Trends, and Challenges

This edited volume offers profiles of contemporary Israeli Haredi (i.e., Jewish Ultra-Orthodox) society from several disciplinary points of view, resisting a generalized approach and examining the different, sometimes competing currents, that define it.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Haredim and Israel, Haredim in Israel, Israeli Haredim 1. The Fundamental Components of Haredi Ideology (Hashkafah) 2. The Haredim in Israeli Politics 3. Haredim and Conscription to the IDF: Perspectives, Perceptions, Prospects 4. Haredi Education in Israel: Policies and Practices 5. The Study of Haredi Space in Israel: Trends, Characteristics, Achievements, and Challenges 6. Not Just Wall Posters: Mass Media in Israeli Haredi Society 7. Health and Medicine in Israeli Haredi Society Afterword

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kimmy Caplan teaches Modern Jewish History at the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University. His field of scholarly interest is Jewish Religious History in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and he focuses on American Jewish and Israeli societies.
Nissim Leon teaches in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Bar-Ilan University. His research interests include Contemporary Judaism, Haredi Communities, Religious Fundamentalism, Nationalism, the Emergence of Collective Memory, and the Politics of the Middle Classes.

Zusammenfassung

This edited volume offers profiles of contemporary Israeli Haredi (i.e., Jewish Ultra-Orthodox) society from several disciplinary points of view, resisting a generalized approach and examining the different, sometimes competing currents, that define it.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kimmy Leon Caplan
• Mitarbeit: Kimmy Caplan (Herausgeber), Nissim Leon (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032325590
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232559-0
• Seiten: 234
• Serie: Routledge Jewish Studies Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / Conservative, Middle East, Religion: general, Politics & government, Jewish Studies, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities