2008/04/28 by Nurit Stadler, Edna Lomsky‐Feder, Eyal Ben‐Ari · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies #Middle East Politics and Society #Turkey's Politics and Society #Citizenship #Fundamentalism #State (computer science) #Sociology #Inclusion (mineral) #Welfare state #Political science #Civil society #Law #Gender studies #Politics
paper · doi:10.1080/13621020802015388
openalex publication_date 2008/04/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This paper centers on the challenge that fundamentalist groups – such as the Israeli ultra-Orthodox community (the Haredim) – pose for citizenship. It focuses on two issues: challenges centering on contribution to and sacrifice for the Israeli nation-state; and alternatives that fundamentalism poses to definitions of citizenship. Empirically, it is based on research in three arenas: service in the Israeli military; a voluntary organization aiding state agencies after terror attacks (ZAKA), and a charitable association offering help in health and social welfare (Yad Sarah). Two trends – challenges to concepts of security and the state, and the weakening of the state in the economic sphere and social services – have opened up spaces for fundamentalist groups to operate in civil society and complement the state. The Haredi community has gradually developed a new concept of inclusion that both fits the state-centred view of citizenship and their own fundamentalist perspective.