Jewish Nationalism in Israel: A Measurement

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Hannah M. Ridge, Chapman UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

7-17-2024

Abstract

Since Israel’s founding, being a “Jewish state” has been central to its self-representation. However, Israel has struggled to identify what that means. This article examines the strength of Jewish nationalism in Jewish Israeli public opinion. It draws on a recent survey of 200 Jewish Israelis for a qualitative and quantitative investigation of public responses to religious nationalist statements. These findings offer a utilizable survey short scale for measuring Jewish nationalism and to understand how Jewish Israelis are interpreting these statements. This study is a necessary step to empirically evaluating religious nationalism in the “Jewish state”.

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This article was originally published in Religions, volume 15, in 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15070864

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Ridge, Hannah M. 2024. Jewish Nationalism in Israel: A Measurement. Religions 15: 864. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15070864

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