During Israel's military operation in Gaza in the summer of 2014 the commanding officer of
the Givati infantry brigade, Colonel Ofer Vinter, called upon his troops to fight" the terrorists …

Different religious communities seem to tell different tales about the influence of
consumption on the ecological footprint, and the boundaries created between consumption …

Contrary to the expectations of the secularization theorists, religious political movements
rose to prominence in numerous countries across the globe in the past three decades. By …

This article examines how different levels of internal organization are reflected in the
residential patterns of different population groups. In this case, the H aredi community …

This article offers an in-depth ethnographic and historical description of how an ethnic-
religious revival movement has had an impact on religious life. The article will focus on the …

The present work of ethnography describes the political uses of audiotapes and videotapes
by religious fundamentalists in Israel during the 1990s. The article deals with the use of the …

World Jewry today is concentrated in the US and Israel, and while distinctive Judaic
approaches and practices have evolved in each society, parallels also exist. This volume …

This article discusses the concept of zikui harabim (granting merit to the many) and attempts
to show how it motivates and animates the religious renewal movements in Judaism (the …

As opposed to the approach that makes a dichotomous distinction between 'rigid
religiosity'and 'soft religiosity', I would like to point to a reality in which these boundaries are …

In the last three decades the ultra-orthodox community in Israel has experienced great
changes in its internal social functioning. More specifically, these developments were linked …