Essentials of being Jewish in Israeli Jews' own words

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March 2, 2016

3. Identity

Essentials of being Jewish in Israeli Jews’ own words

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3. Identity
Plurality of Muslims say being Muslim is mostly about religion
Similar views of identity across Muslim demographic groups
Israeli Jews are proud to be Jewish
Muslims, Christians, Druze are all proud of their identity
Most Israeli Jews say remembering the Holocaust is essential to being Jewish
Most Israeli Jews say belief in God is not necessary to be Jewish
Most Muslims say a person can be Muslim without praying, fasting
About half of Israeli Muslims consider Shia to be Muslims
Nine-in-ten Jews say ‘being Jewish’ is at least somewhat important to them
Arab groups stress importance of being Muslim/Christian/Druze
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A plurality of Israeli Jews say they are Jewish before Israeli
Jewish identity means different things to different groups
Majority of Ashkenazim identify as Hiloni

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