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Publication Date: January 1998
Publisher: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Author(s): Chaim I. Waxman
Research Area: Culture and religion
Keywords: Demography; Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Judaism; Orthodox Judaism; Jewish Law (Halacha)
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The author discusses the much-noted shift to the right amongst American Orthodox Jewry. He explores differences between Modern Orthodoxy and Haredi Orthodoxy, discusses demographic trends among the two groups, explains Haredi Orthodoxy's insistence on stringency, attitude towards modernity, and insistence that generations decline in merit as time proceeds. He discusses the impact of yeshiva education upon the Orthodox world. The author places Orthodoxy's "Haredization" in context of a larger societal trend towards religious stringency.