Cultural Shift

The case of Jewish religious education in Israel

Bibliographic Data

ID11166241
AuthorsShmuel Shamai (0000-0002-4158-4845, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume21
Issue3
Pages401-417
Publication date2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/713655352
OpenAlexW2143850028
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited16

This study explores the unique situation of the Israeli-Jewish education system in Israel, which has developed different educational streams mainly according to religious differences. It highlights the changes in the status of the cultural stands of secular and religious Jewish groups in the course of the twentieth century. The secular majority has been willing to fund separate autonomous religious schools. Remarkably, the lower state intervention in the schools, the higher the level of funding. Thus, the ultra-orthodox schools have enjoyed full funding together with the greatest autonomy. Moreover, the nonautonomous secular state schools have also practiced religious rituals, without any clear guidance by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The implications of full autonomy and funding of the ultra-orthodox schools is discussed, by way of 'critical sociology of education', with emphasis on the 'cultural shift', the cultural advance of the religious groups, and 'cultural surrender' of the secular group

Autonomy · Judaism · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Religious education · Secular education · Secular state · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Surrender · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · History · Law