Religious and Secular Knowledge on the Draft in Israel

Authors

Laina E. Pauker, Clark UniversityFollow

Abstract

This research seeks to understand religious and secular knowledge on the question of military draft in Israel within the Jewish population. With recent legal changes in conscription policy, there has been much controversy over the role of Haredim [ultra-Orthodox] in the army. Drawing on feminist standpoint theory, this study uses thematic analysis of a qualitative (open-ended) online survey to examine what Jewish Israelis of different religious orienta- tions think and know about the draft issues as well as how they legitimize their ideas. In analyzing Jewish Israeli knowledge, this research draws on the historical, philosophical division as well as the contemporary religious-secular divide in Israel to contextualize the responses of participants. The research aims to foster a greater understanding of the complexity within and between epistemological communities, and within Jewish Israeli knowledge on the draft specifically.

Recommended Citation

Pauker, Laina E. (2015) "Religious and Secular Knowledge on the Draft in Israel," Scholarly Undergraduate Research Journal at Clark (SURJ): Vol. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://commons.clarku.edu/surj/vol1/iss1/6