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Israeli Public Opinion Polls: Opinion On Religious Matters

Note: We are presenting raw data. When available, we provide some or all of the crosstabs (i.e., breakdowns by various categories such as party ID). To analyze the data, we encourage users to read the entire study and the methodology used. Results and reliability can be affected by such things as sample size, question wording, and question order. Responses may also be influenced by context and timing; for example, if the survey is conducted during a war.


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Israeli Opinion Regarding Elections, Prime Minister
Political Corruption

Do you support or oppose the proposal that some bathing hours at springs administered by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority be officially allocated for separate bathing for men and women (Jewish sample; %) (Israeli Voice Index, Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, August 2023)

  2023
Support

40%

Oppose 54%
DK 6%

In your opinion, should the government fund or not fund Haredi schools that do not teach core curriculum studies such as civics, mathematics, and English? (Israeli Voice Index, Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research at the Israel Democracy Institute, May 2023)

  2023
  Jews Arabs Total

Certain/Think it should fund them

38% 30% 37%

Certain/Think it should not fund them

55% 55% 55%
DK/Refuse 7% 16% 9%

What Jewish stream do you consider yourself belonging to? (JPPI, 2020)

  2020
Orthodox
37%
Conservative
4%
Reform
4%
I do not belong to any stream
52%
Refused to answer
4%

How do you define your level of religiosity? (JPPI, 2020)

  2020
Totally secular
31%
Secular traditional
23%
Traditional
17%
Liberal religious
4%
Religious
11%
National Haredim
6%
Haredim
8%
Mixed
1%

With regard to the conversion, which of the following statements is closest to your view?(JPPI, 2020)

  2020
A Jew is someone who has a Jewish mother or completed an Orthodox conversion
38%
A Jew is someone who has a Jewish mother or completed a conversion by a recognized Jewish denomination
24%
A Jew is somoene with a Jewish mother or father, or completed a conversion process and identifies as a Jew
27%
A Jew is someone who considers themselves Jewish
7%
DK
4%

With regard to the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, which of the following statements is closest to your view? (JPPI, 2020)

  2020
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is a vital and functional body
14%
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is a vital body which needs to improve its functioning
32%
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel needs to exists, but its authority needs to drastically reduced
32%
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is an unnecessary body, which needs to be disband
19%
DK
3%

With regard to the debate about public transportation on Shabbat, which of the following statements is closest to your view? (JPPI, 2020)

  2020
Public transportation on Shabbat should be completely banned
26%
Every city or neighborhood should decide whether or not to allow public transportation on Shabbat
15%
There should be public transportation on Shabbat, except within religious cities and neighborhoods
36%
There should be public transportation on Shabbat without any restrictions
20%
DK
3%

Reform Jews are not really Jews? (JPPI, 2020)

  2020
Totally disagree
45%
Somewhat disagree
26%
Somewhat agree
12%
Totally agree
11%
DK
6%

I identify first as: (The Guttman Center Surveys, May, 2008)

Jewish
47%
Israeli
42%

I identify second as: (The Guttman Center Surveys, May, 2008)

Jewish
33%
Israeli
40%

I identify first as: (IMRA 2007)

  Jewish Israeli Neither
Secular
23%
72%
-
Conservative
64%
27%
-
Religious
82%
8%
-
Strictly-Orthodox
92%
5%
 
Total
50%
45%
5%

How do you identify your religious beliefs? (INSS 2005-2007)

  2004-CBS 2005-CBS 2006-Sample 2007-Sample
Ultra-orthodox
8.0%
6.7%
8.8%
8.5%
Religious
8.7%
9.8%
12.8%
12.8%
Traditional-religious
12%
13.4%
11.6%
14.1%
Traditional- non-religious
26.5%
25.0%
26.8%
20.9%
Secular
44.8%
45.0%
40.)%
43.7%

Do you support or oppose the decision of the Supreme Court allowing "jump conversions" according to which conversions overseas are recognized in Israel? [IMRA: Until now, those who resided overseas and went through the entire conversion process overseas in a Reform or Conservative conversion were recognized as Jews by the State of Israel and could immigrate to Israel under to Law of Return. The court now ruled that people residing already in Israel who undergo all but the final stage of conversion inside Israel and then go overseas for the conversion ceremony also would be recognized as Jews by the State. There was considerable confusion over the significance of this ruling as some Orthodox critics of the decision gave the impression that until now Reform and Conservative conversions were not recognized in Israel]. (Israel Radio's "Another Matter" program, April 6, 2005)

Support
45%
Oppose
42%
Other
13%