“Mobile internet is worse than the internet; it can destroy our community”: Old Order Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women’s responses to cellphone and smartphone use

Shahar, Rivka Neriya-Ben

doi:10.1080/01972243.2019.1685037

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“…With that, such work—if undertaken at home—may impact both Haredi working women and their attitudes toward work and home as they actually “blur” the boundary between the multiple identities and social networks that they may have (Katz and Aakhus 2002 ). As noted by Shahar ( 2020 ), the retention of such boundaries can be seen as central to Haredi identity.…”

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Work Values of Working Women in Israel: A Comparison of Haredi Women with Those from the Secular and Traditional Segments

Sharabi

Kay

2023

Cont Jewry

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The Haredi (or Ultra-Orthodox) sector is the fastest growing population in Israel, but the ability to study their working world is limited, and as far as we know, the work values of Haredi women (who are usually the main breadwinners) have not been studied to date. This unique study compares their work values with those of secular and traditional Jewish-Israeli women. The Meaning of Work (MOW) questionnaire was administered to 467 employed Jewish-Israeli women (309 Secular, 138 Traditional, and 120 Haredi), addressing values, attitudes, and aspirations at the workplace. The findings indicate that, while secular women ascribe more importance to individualistic values related to interesting work and variety than do traditionalist and Haredi women, no significant differences exist among the three groups concerning the interest in good pay, autonomy, interpersonal relations, or job security. In addition, a higher level of religiosity was associated with the importance of convenient hours and inversely associated with the importance of learning new things. Further, Haredi women attribute more importance to promotion and congruence between their personal abilities and experience and the job requirements than did women from the other two groups. Overall, the background demographic variables had little impact on work values. The findings can be explained by the different cultural values (collectivism versus individualism) and the obstacles Haredi women experience in the labor market.

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Work Values of Working Women in Israel: A Comparison of Haredi Women with Those from the Secular and Traditional Segments

Sharabi

Kay

2023

Cont Jewry

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“…This halakhic discussion is essential to the ultra-Orthodox social discourse (Neriya-Ben Shahar, 2020 ). The halakhic categories of “forbidden” ( asur ) and “allowed” ( mutar ) permeate not just the yeshiva but also the daily discourse in every ultra-Orthodox home.…”

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“I Would Consult a Doctor, But What the Rabbi Says Goes”: Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Relationships with Rabbis and Doctors in Israel

Neriya-Ben Shahar,

Yuval,

Tur-Sinai

2024

J Relig Health

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We examine relationships among ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews, their doctors, and rabbis when medical decisions are made. Analyzing excerpts from sixteen focus groups with 128 ultra-Orthodox Jews, we determine how their belief system affects their decisions about whom to trust and follow when the doctor’s instructions contradict the rabbi’s advice. We argue that the strict behaviors described here with regard to relations among doctors, rabbis, and patients, function as social capital that raises the status of ultra-Orthodox Jews as members of an exclusive club that balances health decisions with the social demand to obey their religious leaders.

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“…The body of research conducted on Ultra-Orthodoxy media and journalism and knowledge about the roles of the Ultra-Orthodox media is still insufficient (Kaplan 2001). Previous studies tended to deal with specific phenomena such as unique Ultra-Orthodox media such as pashkevilim (Rosenberg and Rashi 2015); specific challenging times such as the COVID-19 outbreak Shomron and David 2022); and the conflict in Ultra-Orthodox society regarding the increased use of new media (Campbell 2011;David and Baden 2020;Neriya-Ben Shahar 2020). This research, which presumably for the first time, deals with the bases of the Ultra-Orthodox Media by trying to point out the role of its existence (Figure 2).…”

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The Medium Is the Definer: Daily Journalism as a Tool for Forming Community: A Case Study—The Ultra-Orthodox Community in Israel

Friedman

Rashi

2023

Religions

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There are many studies that deal with the role of media and the motives for their creation. The present article explores the background behind the development of Ultra-Orthodox journalism. It examines the establishment of Ultra-Orthodox daily newspapers in Israel at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first by analyzing semistructured texts and ideas. The historical background and the way this journalism developed in general and specifically during those years reflect a strong social and censorial orientation. This study concludes that these newspapers can be seen as social definers that help preserve a community through censorship aimed at the general and other Ultra-Orthodox media. It helps communities and individuals self-define and can delineate an additional role for mass media as a social definer. The contention herein is that the establishment of Ultra-Orthodox newspapers in Israel serves as a mode for social definition; a definition that is arrived at by being part of the circle of the newspaper’s readers, and the newspaper, in turn, defines itself by its censor board.

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“Mobile internet is worse than the internet; it can destroy our community”: Old Order Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women’s responses to cellphone and smartphone use

Cited by 15 publications

References 81 publications

Work Values of Working Women in Israel: A Comparison of Haredi Women with Those from the Secular and Traditional Segments

Work Values of Working Women in Israel: A Comparison of Haredi Women with Those from the Secular and Traditional Segments

“I Would Consult a Doctor, But What the Rabbi Says Goes”: Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Relationships with Rabbis and Doctors in Israel

The Medium Is the Definer: Daily Journalism as a Tool for Forming Community: A Case Study—The Ultra-Orthodox Community in Israel

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