scholarly journals Leaving a Covenantal Religion: Orthodox Jewish Disaffiliation from an Immigration Psychology Perspective

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Engelman ◽  
Glen Milstein ◽  
Irvin Sam Schonfeld ◽  
Joshua B. Grubbs
Keyword(s):  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Emotional Wellness ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Advance Research ◽  
Covenantal Community

This study explored psychological variables associated with disaffiliation from Orthodox Judaism (a covenantal community), and subsequent wellness. A web-based survey (N = 206) assessed factors previously used to study immigrants: push (distress within origin community), pull (toward destination community), and goal attainment. Psychological and emotional wellness, perceived stress, overall health, and loneliness were also assessed. Findings included: 1) strong pull toward opportunities for physical and ideological autonomy; 2) those who experienced more push toward disaffiliation, reported decreased current wellness; 3) goal attainment was associated with increased wellness 4) significant differences in the experiences of disaffiliation between men and women; 5) most who disaffiliated left religion altogether; those who remained religious decreased their participation, few joined non-Jewish faith communities. Results demonstrate that this immigration paradigm can be adapted to advance research on individuals who disaffiliate from covenantal communities.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Chaim I. Waxman
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Orthodox Jews ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Religious Law

This chapter introduces Orthodox Judaism, which is viewed phenomenologically, defined broadly, and recognized in the systems of beliefs and practices maintained by Orthodox Jews. It mentions the halakhah or Orthodox religious law that conceives the ‘practices’ part of the Orthodox Jewish system. It also reveals Orthodox Jewish practices that are not pursued to accord with halakhah but can be characterized as minhag or custom. The chapter looks at Orthodox Judaism in America since the nineteenth century and examines a series of halakhic changes or changes in what is deemed to be proper Orthodox conduct. It explains the various directions in which ‘acceptable’ Orthodox behaviour is developing from a social and psychological perspective.

scholarly journals Evaluation of a mindfulness intervention for Paralympic leaders prior to the Paralympic Games

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Lundqvist ◽  
Linda Ståhl ◽  
Göran Kenttä ◽  
Ulrika Thulin
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Mindfulness Intervention ◽  
Psychology Perspective ◽  
Initial Support ◽  
Mindfulness Interventions ◽  
Paralympic Games

This article presents an evaluation of the effectiveness of an applied mindfulness intervention for stress reduction delivered to Paralympic leaders prior to the Paralympic Games. The intervention group of Swedish Paralympic leaders ( n = 10) received a mindfulness intervention of eight web-based seminars, while a Norwegian reference group ( n = 6) received no intervention. Three assessments were performed for both samples: at baseline, post-intervention and six weeks post-intervention. The evaluation indicated intervention effects of higher psychological flexibility ( p = .03), less rumination ( p = .02) and lower perceived stress ( p = .001), and offers initial support for the applied usefulness of a web-based mindfulness training program as a supplement in stress-reduction programs for elite sport leaders. General challenges from an applied sport psychology perspective related to the implementation of mindfulness interventions in samples with experienced high levels of stress and perceived time-constraints are discussed.

scholarly journals Leaving a covenantal religion: Orthodox Jewish disaffiliation from an immigration psychology perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Engelman ◽  
Glen Milstein ◽  
Irvin Sam Schonfeld ◽  
Joshua B. Grubbs
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Psychology Perspective

Staying and Critiquing

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-130
Author(s):  
Valeria Seigelsheifer ◽  
Tova Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Women Filmmakers ◽  
Jewish Women ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
The Past ◽  
Public Voice ◽  
Do So

Over the past two decades, Israeli Orthodox Jewish women filmmakers have used film to speak in a public voice about various subjects that were previously taboo. Although there are aspects of Orthodoxy to which these filmmakers object, they do so as ‘devoted resisters’. Rather than expressing heretical opposition, the women stay committed to Orthodoxy precisely because they are able to use filmmaking to resist. In their negotiations of voice used to ‘justify’ their decision to become filmmakers, the women position themselves as ‘accidental’ filmmakers, thereby remaining within Orthodoxy while critiquing it through their films. Cultural resistance in this case is not carried out as defiance to Orthodox Judaism but rather out of a relationship with it, featuring a form of resistance that insists upon devotion to multiple commitments.

scholarly journals Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Pisano ◽  
Gennaro Catone ◽  
Antonella Gritti ◽  
Luisa Almerico ◽  
Anna Pezzella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Emotional Symptoms ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Web Based ◽  
South Italy ◽  
Age Range

Abstract Background Several studies have shown that during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, emotional symptoms increased in the general population. Less is known about youths. Methods We surveyed a sample of Italian adolescents during the strictest quarantine period and assessed the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors on current emotional symptoms. A convenient sample of 326 adolescents (age range 14–19 years) participated in a web-based survey. We collected data on several socio-demographic and psychological variables (summarized into three indexes: environmental context, changes in lifestyle, and worries about infection) and psychopathological symptoms (previous psychopathological status, current anxiety and depressive symptoms). Results Descriptive analysis showed that adolescents have experienced quarantine under very different conditions; they reported 47.5 and 14.1% of anxiety and depressive symptoms, respectively. Regression analyses indicated that previous psychopathological status and worries about infection are linked to anxiety and that female gender, previous psychopathological status (moderated by change in lifestyle), worse environmental context are linked to depression. Conclusion This study indicates that, facing the COVID-19 pandemic and its related safety measures, adolescents show relevant emotional symptoms and therefore should be monitored, assessed and supported.

scholarly journals Development of a Web Portal for Physical Activity and Symptom Tracking in Oncology Patients: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Marthick ◽  
Haryana M Dhillon ◽  
Jennifer A Alison ◽  
Birinder S Cheema ◽  
Tim Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Activity Monitors ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
History Of

BACKGROUND Significant benefits accrue from increasing physical activity levels in people with a history of cancer. Physical activity levels can be increased using behavioral change interventions in this population. Access to Web portals and provision of activity monitors to provide feedback may support behavior change by encouraging patient engagement in physical therapy. The Web portal evaluated in this study will provide a system to monitor physical activity and sleep, for use by both clinician and patient, along with symptom and health-related quality of life tracking capabilities. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to outline a protocol for a feasibility study focused on a Web-based portal that provides activity monitoring and personalized messaging to increase physical activity in people with cancer. METHODS Using a longitudinal cohort design, people with cancer will be serially allocated to 3 intervention cohorts of 20 participants each and followed for 10 weeks. Cohort 1 will be provided a wearable activity monitor and access to a Web-based portal. Cohort 2 will receive the same content as Cohort 1 and in addition will receive a weekly activity summary message. Cohort 3 will receive the same content as Cohorts 1 and 2 and in addition will receive a personalized weekly coaching message. Feasibility of the use of the portal is the primary outcome. RESULTS Results are expected in early 2018. Outcome measures will include goal attainment and completion rate. CONCLUSIONS This study will provide information about the feasibility of investigating eHealth initiatives to promote physical activity in people with cancer. REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER RR1-10.2196/9586

Antimodernism and Orthodox Judaism's Heretical Imperative: An American Religious Counterpoint

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-272
Author(s):  
Zev Eleff ◽  
Seth Farber
Keyword(s):  
Jewish History ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
American Religious History ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Modern Jewish History ◽  
The Right ◽  
Modern Orthodox

AbstractThis article argues that the case of religious authority within Orthodox Judaism is an important counterexample to the broader and understudied developments in American religion during the final decades of the twentieth century. Using an array of untapped primary sources and drawing on themes addressed by scholars of American religious history and modern Jewish history, this article demonstrates how Orthodox Jewish elites used “approximational heresies” to police their faith community. In so doing, Orthodox leaders furnished “indicators” of apostasy that were unknown in previous epochs and served to stand in for traditional types that proved otherwise insufficient to counteract new trends in modern life and culture. Orthodox Jewish “antimodernism” was animated by a need to demonstrate what was “in” and what was “out” of bounds as well as by the emergence of a triumphalism that was unique among American faiths. Likewise, the rank-and-file abided because they either agreed with these measures or feared becoming “outsiders.” This outlook contrasts with the attitudes of other religious groups—on the “left” and the “right”—that absorbed a spirit of “inclusiveness” and, therefore, eschewed heresy hunting and the boldness evinced by Orthodox elites during this period. The article concludes that the pervasiveness of this counterculture among the Orthodox Jewish community was so powerful that it, counterintuitively, introduced the strategies of the antimodernists to the American-acculturated, so-called Modern Orthodox community.

scholarly journals Medical students’ personal experiences, religion, and spirituality explain their (dis)comfort with a patient’s religious needs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Schmidt ◽  
Joseph Eickmeyer ◽  
Meghan Henningsen ◽  
Alexander Weber ◽  
Amanda Pleimann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
Inductive Reasoning ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
First Year ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
Being Religious

Background: Physicians often avoid discussing patients’ religious and spiritual concerns, even though most patients (i.e., 50-94%) want integrated care.  To address this gap, medical students interviewed a Standardized Patient (SP) who was upset because the daughter did not confront her fiancée about converting to Orthodox Judaism.  Students reflected on how their own religion and spirituality affected engaging with their patient. Methods: With a 97% response rate, 231 first-year medical students responded to open-ended questions about their patient encounter.  For this quantitative content analysis, we used inductive reasoning, identifying three themes:  (1) impact of students’ own religion on their comfort, (2) change in comfort, and (3) their learning. We used deductive reasoning to compare qualitative results from half of the students who began the curriculum with a questionnaire about their own spirituality with the other students completing afterwards. Results: Most students said being religious positively influenced their comfort, whether they were also Orthodox Jewish or from a different religion. Among uncomfortable students (6.5%), some attributed this to not being religious. Some students (4.8%) grew more comfortable discussing the religious issue, and 18.2% became uncomfortable due to lacking knowledge of Orthodox Judaism and the awkwardness of the topic.  Students who had completed the questionnaire beforehand gave more comments about connecting with their patients than students who completed the questionnaire afterwards (X2=11.047, p<.001). Conclusions: Students’ own religion influenced their comfort with discussing religious concerns, with some feeling more connected and others becoming uncomfortable. This finding helps inform medical educators about teaching mind-body-spirit care.

Setting the Scene: The Jewish Landscape

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-68
Author(s):  
Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Community ◽  
Jewish Identity ◽  
Orthodox Jews ◽  
Orthodox Judaism ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Jewish Women ◽  
Religious Geography ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
Definition Of

This chapter examines the historical and sociological context of Orthodox Jewish women in London, and applies concepts of community to analyse the religious geography of Orthodox Jews in Britain. The term 'community' is used by British Jews, generally in one of two distinct senses: the first, refers to all Jews who identify as Jews and participate in Jewish activities, the second, indicates a particular subgroup, the members of a particular synagogue. Most Jews who identify as belonging to the Jewish community also belong to several of these 'subcommunities,' all of which overlap with family and social circles within the Jewish and wider communities, and most of which are not mutually exclusive. Community affiliation thus exists at several levels and in several modes, with an individual's particular combination of networks and community memberships providing basic parameters of his or her individual Jewish identity. This complex, layered character of modern Jewish identity complicates the definition of the term 'Orthodox'. Current denominations include Liberal Judaism and Reform Judaism; Masorti Judaism; and Orthodox Judaism. Earlier tensions between traditional expectations for women and new ideas about their role in the wider society were reflected in developments within the British Jewish community: the foundation of Liberal Judaism. Orthodoxy has been slow to respond. The very word 'feminist' carries negative connotations in most Orthodox communities, even among women who profess strongly feminist views in economic and political matters.

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