Israeli Jews who perceive and define themselves as neither strictly religious nor secular
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Masortim (Hebrew: מסורתיים, Masortiim lit. "traditional [people]", also known as Shomrei Masoretשומרי מסורת lit. "upholders of tradition") is an Israeli Hebrew term for Jews who perceive and define themselves as neither strictly religious (dati) nor secular (hiloni).[1] Their affinity is mainly to mohels and rabbis of Orthodox Judaism (for their brit milah, bar mitzvah, and weddings), and in 2015 they comprised roughly one-third of the Jewish population in Israel.[2]
^Guttman, Nathan (9 March 2016). "Pew Report: Meet the Masorti, Israel's 'Traditional' Tribe". The Forward. New York City: Rachel Fishman Feddersen. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^"Israel's Religiously Divided Society" (PDF). Pew Research Center. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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