Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz: Nothing is black and white in Israel's religious societies
Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz, the director of the Israel Democracy…
Assessment
A podcast conversation with a scholar who studies religious communities in Israel suggests that the country's internal divisions are more nuanced than a simple secular-religious binary. The focus on Religious Zionist and Haredi societies ahead of elections points to how these groups are asserting distinct political and social agendas. The key question is whether these particularist demands will further fragment an already polarized electorate or force new coalitions.

