Contemporary Israeli Haredi Society

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.****

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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.

Inhalt

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