Tammar Friedman
Biographic Data
| ID | 374845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tammar Friedman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tammar |
| FAMILY NAME | Friedman |
| SIGNATURE | FRIEDMAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bar-Ilan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2268-5755 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning typologies around the label “Bibist” that render it an interactional achievement through repeat…
Faithful atheists: The paradox of Jewish nonbelievers in Israel
This article examines narratives of coping strategies and worldviews adopted by Jewish Israeli atheists (JIA) during times of emotional turmoil. Through qualitative interviews with 30 participants, we demonstrate how they navigate between rational disbelief in God, Jewish identity, and their need for comfort. While valuing rational thinking, they find it insufficient for emotional solace. To cope, they create alternative ‘just-world’ cosmologies,…
Embodying Tradition and Ascribing Meaning: Israeli Jewish Atheists Choosing to Circumcise Their Sons
This article explores the meanings Israeli-Jewish atheists ascribe to their choice to circumcise their sons. Despite their lack of religious belief, many choose to engage in this practice, often seen as a typical representation of Jewish physical embodiment. Employing a lived religion approach, which emphasizes the multifaceted nature of human social experience, this study delves into meaning ascribed to their seemingly counterintuitive choice. T…
A Permissible Sin: Perceptions of Smoking Among Haredi Men in Israel
This essay deals with perceptions of smoking among Haredi men in Israel. Though trends in smoking within the Haredi society have been quantitively examined, no qualitative research has ever focused on the motivations and mindsets stimulating individuals’ choices to take health risks despite religious precepts to the contrary. Israeli Haredi men sometimes start smoking in their early childhood and are unmotivated to quit, and such circumstances sh…
Differential knowledgeability: The Case of the Chosen Breast
Women’s choice to undergo breast augmentation surgery with silicone implants may develop into a choice to surgically remove them. In our paper, we employ dimensions of power relating to such decisions to elaborate differential knowledgeability as organizing the temporal dimension of the process and its potential for changing the meaning of a decision formerly taken. Until recently, the possibility of differential access to knowledge relating to s…
Faithful atheists: The paradox of Jewish nonbelievers in Israel
This article examines narratives of coping strategies and worldviews adopted by Jewish Israeli atheists (JIA) during times of emotional turmoil. Through qualitative interviews with 30 participants, we demonstrate how they navigate between rational disbelief in God, Jewish identity, and their need for comfort. While valuing rational thinking, they find it insufficient for emotional solace. To cope, they create alternative ‘just-world’ cosmologies,…
Differential knowledgeability: The Case of the Chosen Breast
Women’s choice to undergo breast augmentation surgery with silicone implants may develop into a choice to surgically remove them. In our paper, we employ dimensions of power relating to such decisions to elaborate differential knowledgeability as organizing the temporal dimension of the process and its potential for changing the meaning of a decision formerly taken. Until recently, the possibility of differential access to knowledge relating to s…
A Permissible Sin: Perceptions of Smoking Among Haredi Men in Israel
This essay deals with perceptions of smoking among Haredi men in Israel. Though trends in smoking within the Haredi society have been quantitively examined, no qualitative research has ever focused on the motivations and mindsets stimulating individuals’ choices to take health risks despite religious precepts to the contrary. Israeli Haredi men sometimes start smoking in their early childhood and are unmotivated to quit, and such circumstances sh…
Differential knowledgeability: The Case of the Chosen Breast
Women’s choice to undergo breast augmentation surgery with silicone implants may develop into a choice to surgically remove them. In our paper, we employ dimensions of power relating to such decisions to elaborate differential knowledgeability as organizing the temporal dimension of the process and its potential for changing the meaning of a decision formerly taken. Until recently, the possibility of differential access to knowledge relating to s…
Faithful atheists: The paradox of Jewish nonbelievers in Israel
This article examines narratives of coping strategies and worldviews adopted by Jewish Israeli atheists (JIA) during times of emotional turmoil. Through qualitative interviews with 30 participants, we demonstrate how they navigate between rational disbelief in God, Jewish identity, and their need for comfort. While valuing rational thinking, they find it insufficient for emotional solace. To cope, they create alternative ‘just-world’ cosmologies,…
Embodying Tradition and Ascribing Meaning: Israeli Jewish Atheists Choosing to Circumcise Their Sons
This article explores the meanings Israeli-Jewish atheists ascribe to their choice to circumcise their sons. Despite their lack of religious belief, many choose to engage in this practice, often seen as a typical representation of Jewish physical embodiment. Employing a lived religion approach, which emphasizes the multifaceted nature of human social experience, this study delves into meaning ascribed to their seemingly counterintuitive choice. T…
Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning typologies around the label “Bibist” that render it an interactional achievement through repeat…
Sociology (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Judaism (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Jewish Identity and Society (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Perception (2 works)