A separated and closed minority Jewish group in Israeli society. They are separated by their clothing, lifestyle, communal institutions, educational institutions, and view of Jewish life. They are committed to Jewish law, rabbinical authority, and conservatism.
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Body Image and Emotional Well Being Among Gay and Heterosexual Religious Young Men: Modern Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Shraga Fisherman (Shaanan College, Israel)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9195-5.ch008
Abstract
This chapter attempts to create a close-up picture of the society of Orthodox Jewish men in regard to their levels of religiosity and sexual identity. The author examines BI, emotional wellbeing, and the connection between them, among three groups of religious Israeli young men: Modern Orthodox (MO) heterosexual men, Modern Orthodox gay men (MOG), and ultra-Orthodox heterosexual men (UO). The findings pose an extremely important challenge to educators in Israel. The young men answered two questionnaires: SWLS and the Body Image Questionnaire. The BI and wellbeing scores for the MOGs were significantly lower than for the MOs and UO. The correlations between BI and wellbeing were different in each group: there was no significant correlation among the MO, among the MOGs there was a negative, medium, and significant correlation, and among the UO there was a positive, high, and significant correlation. These differences were explained by social and educational trends.