Israel's Religiously Divided Society: Deep Gulfs among Jews, as Well as Between Jews and Arabs, over Political Values and Religion's Role in Public Life

Mar 08, 2016
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Nearly 70 years after the establishment of the modern State of Israel, its Jewish population remains united behind the idea that Israel is a homeland for the Jewish people and a necessary refuge from rising anti-Semitism around the globe. But alongside these sources of unity, a major new survey by Pew Research Center also finds deep divisions in Israeli society – not only between Israeli Jews and the country's Arab minority, but also among the religious subgroups that make up Israeli Jewry.