Hella Winston, Unchosen. The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels

Gutwirth, Jacques

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“…This integration of beliefs centered on the importance of sensitivity and responsiveness to children's unique individual needs coupled with a rigid family structure that emphasizes respect for parents and disciplined adherence to norms represents an interesting combination of contemporary and traditional parenting values. Existing literature (Wieselberg, 1992; Winston, 2005; Yafeh, 2001) has emphasized the hierarchical structure of the Haredi family and its tendency to obfuscate the subjective individuality of its members, in line with contentions made about families in fundamentalist cultures generally (Frosh, 2004). Although this study confirms the emphasis that ultra‐orthodox families place on discipline and adherence to hierarchical structure, it does not find that this comes at the expense of attunement to individual subjectivity.…”

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Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Ganz

2023

Family Relations

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ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to explore the parenting beliefs of large ultra‐orthodox families living in Israel within the context of religion, culture, and large family size.BackgroundThe ultra‐orthodox community in Israel represents a growing and insular population. Little research has been done exploring the nature of parenting beliefs in this community. In particular, the opinions of children on this topic have been neglected in the literature.MethodA qualitative design using semistructured interviews was used as the primary research instrument. The study sample consisted of 25 individuals from five ultra‐orthodox families. All members of the family above age 10 were interviewed.ResultsParents focused on the individuality of their children and made efforts to provide individualized attention to them. These intentions existed alongside a strong emphasis from both parents and children on hierarchy and respect for elders. These beliefs were identified as “Torah values” and were understood to originate within a religious framework with divine origin.ConclusionClinical and research implications of the findings are discussed. Participants supported a framework that emphasized the Euro‐American parenting values of individuality and support but did not include democratic elements of child–parent interaction. Instead, hierarchical beliefs that reinforced family hierarchy and obedience from children predominated.ImplicationsIn ultra‐orthodox households in Israel, firm boundaries and strict hierarchy should not be associated with low levels of warmth and attunement. A lack of tolerance for difference is not necessarily an indication of an absence of appreciation of individuality.

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Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Ganz

2023

Family Relations

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“…Intracultural variation is present in all populations (Boster 1987), as Henrich himself recognizes and has demonstrated in his own ethnographic and experimental work (Henrich et al 2004). Even among high-cost religious groups that appear culturally homogenous to outsiders because of their similar dress and ritual routines, there is considerable heterogeneity in cultural beliefs and practices (Sosis 2009;Winston 2005).…”

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Stability of Groups with Costly Beliefs and Practices

Sosis¹

2011

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Costly signaling theory has been employed to explain the persistence of costly displays in a wide array of species, including humans. Henrich (2009) builds on earlier signaling models to develop a cultural evolutionary model of costly displays. Significantly, Henrich's model shows that there can be a stable equilibrium for an entire population committed to costly displays, persisting alongside a nocost stable equilibrium for the entire population. Here we generalize Henrich's result to the more realistic situation of a population peppered with subgroups committed to high-cost beliefs and practices. The investigative tool is an agent-based model in which agents have cognitive capacities similar to those presupposed in Henrich's population-level cultural evolutionary model, and agents perform similar success-weighting calculations. Unlike in Henrich's model, which has no group differentiation within the population, our model agents use success-weighting calculations to determine whether to join or leave high-cost groups. According to our model, high-cost groups achieve long-term stability within a larger population under a wide range of circumstances, a finding that extends Henrich's result in a more realistic direction. The most important emergent pathway to costly group stability is the simultaneous presence of high charisma and consistency of the group leader and high cost of the group. These findings have strategic implications both for leading groups committed to costly beliefs and practices and for controlling their size and influence within wider cultural settings.

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Hella Winston, Unchosen. The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels

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Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Parenting beliefs in ultra‐orthodox families in Israel: The integration of structure and support

Stability of Groups with Costly Beliefs and Practices

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