January 2018
Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications:
Dr. Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, PhD
PERSONAL INFORMATION
| Name | Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar |
| Home address
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13/44 Gideon St. |
| Tel: | +972-52-5292958 |
| Institute/Affiliation Address | Sapir Academic College
D.N. Hof Ashkelon, Israel 79165 |
| Rivka.nbs@gmail.com |
Current Position: Senior lecturer, The Department of Mass Communication, Sapir Academic College.
EDUCATION
| Bar-Ilan University, Department of Social Work, magna cum laude. | |
| The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Journalism and Communication.
Thesis: Images of Women in the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Press. Advisors: Prof. Shoshana Blum-Kulka and Prof. Yoram Peri. |
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| The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Journalism and Communication.
Dissertation: Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Women and Mass Media in Israel – Exposure Patterns and Reading Strategies. Advisors: Prof. Tamar El-Or and Prof. Yehiel Limor. |
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| Post-Doctoral Fellowship: The Interdisciplinary Program for Gender Studies, Bar Ilan University | |
| Post-Doc 2011-2012 | Scholar in Residence, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University |
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2017). Negotiating agency: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox women’s responses to new media. New Media and Society. 19(1), 81-95. http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/06/07/1461444816649920.abstract
DOI: 10.1177/1461444816649920 SJR Communication: Q1.
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2017). The medium is the danger: Discourse about television among Amish and Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) women. Journal of Media and Religion, 16(1), 27-38. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15348423.2017.1274590. DOI: 10.1080/15348423.2017.1274590 SJR Religious Studies: Q2.
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2015). “At Amen meals it’s me and God” – Religion and gender: A new Jewish women’s ritual. Contemporary Jewry, 35. 153-172. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12397-015-9132-7. DOI 10.1007/s12397-015-9132-7. SJR Religious Studies: Q1.
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. & Lev-On A. (2011). Gender, religion and new media: Attitudes and behaviours related to the internet among Ultra-Orthodox women employed in computerized environments.International Journal of Communication, 5, 875-895. http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/843/566. SJR Communication 2012: Q3.
- Lev-On, A. and Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2011). A forum of their own: Views about the internet among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women who browse designated closed forums. First Monday, 16 http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3228/2859 SJR Human-Computer Interaction 2012: Q2.
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2009). The learners’ society: Continuity and change in characteristics of education and employment among Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) women. Sociological Papers, 14, 1-15. http://www.socpapers.org/sp2009/sp2009-1.pdf
Hebrew Articles:
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2015). Being the wife of a Torah scholar. Heker Hahevra Ha’Haredit, 2. 169-192. http://www.haredisociety.org/uploads/files/719444545621651956-להיות-אישה-של-תלמיד-חכם-נריה-בן-שחר.pdf
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2014). Women’s creation and renewal of religious rituals: A strategy for addressing their marginality in traditional societies. Iyunim Bitkumat Israel, 24. 257-281. http://in.bgu.ac.il/bgi/iyunim/Pages/24.aspx
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. & Lev-On A. (2013). Open spaces? Perceptions of the internet among Ultra-Orthodox women working in computerized environments. Megamot, 49. 272-306. https://www.megamot-journal.org.il/Subscribe.aspx?i=719&c=54
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2011). Women’s images in the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) press: 1948-2008. Kesher, 41. 88-100. http://humanities1.tau.ac.il/shalom_rosenfeld/images/41-heb/רבקה_נריה_בן_שחר41.pdf
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. & Lev-On A. (2009). Forum of their own: Studying discussion forums of Ultra-Orthodox women online.” Misgarot Media, 4. 67-106. http://www.isracom.org.il/.upload/MF4-067-105-LEVON.pdf
Submitted for publication/under review/revised and resubmitted
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (Submitted). “This has nothing to do with feminism”: How a seemingly innocuous Jewish women’s ritual has sparked male opposition in Israel.
Book Reviews in Scientific Journals
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2015). Lee Cahaner, Nicola Yozegof-Aurbach and Arnon Sofer: The Ultra-Orthodox in Israel: Space, society and communication. Haifa: The Haikin Katedra, Haifa University (2012). Israeli Sociology, 17. 171-173. (Hebrew).
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2014). Yohai Hakak, Young men in Israeli Haredi yeshiva education: The scholar’s enclave in unrest. Leiden and Boston: Brill (2012). Israeli Sociology, 15. 460-462. (Hebrew).
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2014). Yoel Finkelman, Strictly kosher reading: Popular literature and the condition of contemporary orthodoxy. Boston: Academic Studies Press (2011). Israeli Sociology, 16. 211-213. (Hebrew).
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2011). Nurit Stadler, Yeshiva fundamentalism: Piety, gender and resistance in the Ultra-Orthodox world. New York: New York University Press (2008). Israeli Sociology, 13. 214-217 (Hebrew).
Book Chapters
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. & Lev-On A. (2012). To browse, or not to browse? Third person effect among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women, in regards to the perceived danger of the internet. In P.H. Cheong, J.N. Martin, & L. Macfadyen (Eds.). New Media and Intercultural Communication (pp. 223-236). New York: Peter Lang.
In Hebrew:
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (In press). Radio exposure patterns in the Ultra-Orthodox community in Israel. In Y. Limor and I. Mann (Eds.). Radio in Israel. Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi.
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (In press). The permitted and the forbidden in communication consumption among Ultra-Orthodox women. In S. Tikochinsky (Ed.). The Lithuanian yeshiva and its connection to the public sphere in Israel. Jerusalem: Van Leer Institute.
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2012). “Some outlooks are not our own, but if I happen to see one I’ll look at it from time to time”: Self-definition of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) women according to patterns of exposure to the Haredi press. In K. Caplan and N. Stadler (Eds.). From survival to consolidation: Changes in Israeli Haredi society and its scholarly study (pp. 137-161). Jerusalem: Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.
Other Articles:
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2017). “Answering amen: Amen meals in the new age”. Deot, 80, 13-18. (Hebrew)
- Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2016). “Amen meals are so feminine”: Women’s creation and renewal of rituals. Mayim Medallio, 27, 121-151.
- 3. Neriya-Ben Shahar, R. (2005). A court of their own: The image of religious Jews on commercial television in Israel. In: Present and absent during prime time: Cultural diversity in commercial television broadcasting in Israel – A follow-up study. Jerusalem: Second Authority for Television and Radio. (Hebrew)
In Progress:
- “Some people do that, but they are not supposed to”: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox women’s perceptions toward the prohibited-allowed sphere. Article in progress.
- “Negotiating time and space: Old Order Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women practice liquid modernities” Monograph in progress.
RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS
| 2018 | Scholar in Residence, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University. |
| 2017 | Snowden Fellow, The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College. |
| 2017 | Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture grant. |
| 2017 | Research grant, Sapir Academic College |
| 2016 | Research grant, Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, for the project: The capabilities divide: Three cases for understanding gaps in ICT use. (With prof. Amit Shejter and Dr. Avi Marciano). |
| 2016 | Research grant, Sapir Academic College |
| 2015 | The Feminist Division of the International Communication Association Award |
| 2015 | Research grant, Sapir Academic College |
| 2014 | Nahum Goldmann Fellowship for Jewish Communal Leadership |
| 2014 | Research grant, Sapir Academic College |
| 2013 | Summer Fellowship at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University |
| 2013 | Second Authority for Television and Radio research grant for the project: Consumption of Mass Media among Old Order Amish Women and Ultra-Orthodox Women: A Comparative Study |
| 2013 | Research grant, Sapir Academic College |
| 2012 | Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University Research grant for the project: The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective |
| 2011-2012 | Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Scholar in Residence, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University |
| 2011-2012 | Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture grant |
| 2010 | Post-Doctoral Fellowship, The Interdisciplinary Program for Gender Studies, Bar Ilan
University |
| 2006-2008 | Cherrick Doctoral Fellowship, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2006-2008 | Doctoral Fellowship, Ariel University Center |
| 2007 | European Forum at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for German Studies in Vienna |
| 2007 | Second Authority for Television and Radio research grant |
| 2007 | Jewish National Fund research grant |
| 2006 | Minerva Center for Human Rights research grant, Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2006 | Israel Association of University Women research grant |
| 2006 | Silbert Center for Israel Studies research grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2006 | Naamat (International Movement of Zionist Women) research grant |
| 2005 | Shaine research grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2005 | Eshkol research grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2004 | Lafer Grant for Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 2000-2001 | Shaine research grant, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Keynote Addresses
| 2017 | “Old Order Amish and Jewish ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to the Internet”, The Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies and the Department of Women and Gender Studies, Youngstown State University. (Youngstown, Ohio). |
| 2017 | “Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to New Media” Snowden Lecture, Elizabethtown College. (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania). |
| 2017 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Lecture at Elizabethtown College. (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania). |
| 2017 | “Amen Meals: New Age ritual in Contemporary Israel”. Jewish Spirituality and New Age in Israel, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem. |
| 2017 | “Women Leaders at Amen Meals”. Women as Spiritual Leaders. Schocken Institute for Jewish Research, Jerusalem. |
| 2016 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Hillel and The Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Minnesota. (Minneapolis, Minnesota). |
| 2015 | “National Religious Women in Israel.” The Israel Democracy Institute. |
| 2014 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” The Feminist Forum, Sapir Academic College. |
| 2014 | “The Conceptions and Attitudes toward Mass Communication among Amish Women.” Seminar on Gender, Culture, Religion and Law. Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University. (Waltham, Massachusetts). |
| 2013 | “The Conceptions and Attitudes toward Mass Communication among Ultra-Orthodox Women and Amish Women.” The Colloquium of The Program in Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University. |
| 2013 | “To be a Torah Scholar’s Wife: Ultra-Orthodox women’s discourse about their lives in Israeli Haredi Society.” Lecture at Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. |
| 2013 | “The Mass Communication in the Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel.” Lecture at Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. |
| 2012 | “The Conceptions and Attitudes toward Mass Communication among Ultra-Orthodox Women and Amish Women.” Media’s Issues, The Department of Mass Communication, Ben Gurion University.
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| 2012 | “The Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel.” Ultra-Orthodox Society and Israeli Society: Civil Dilemmas. The Third Annual Conference for Civics Teachers in the State-Religious Education System. |
| 2012 | “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Scholars’ Seminar, Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts). |
| 2012 | “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” Hadassah-Brandeis Institute public event at Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, a Modern Orthodox Synagogue (Newton, Massachusetts). |
| 2012 | “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” Boston Jewish feminist discussion group. Jewish Women’s Archive (Boston, Massachusetts). |
| 2012 | “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” Board meeting of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). |
| 2012 | “Gender Issues in Israeli Jewish Society.” Five-part lecture series at the Department of Hebrew, Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts). |
| 2011 | “To be a Torah scholar’s Wife: Ultra-Orthodox women’s discourse about their lives in Israeli Haredi Society.” The Colloquium of the Program in Contemporary Jewry, Bar-Ilan University. |
| 2009 | “Open Spaces? Perceptions of the Internet among Ultra-Orthodox Women Working in Computerized Environments.” Netvision Institute for Internet Studies, Tel Aviv University. |
| 2005 | “The Working Ultra-Orthodox Woman’s Image in the Ultra-Orthodox Press.” Lafer Center for Women and Gender Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
Conference Presentations (peer reviewed)
| “To Be a Torah Scholar’s Wife: Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Discourse About Their Lives in Israeli Haredi Society.” Ways of Remembering, Ways of Forgetting: Diasporas In and Out Israel. GDRI SAJ, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, CRFJ, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. | |
| “Negotiating Agency: Old Order Amish and Jewish ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to the Internet.” The 115th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Minneapolis, Minnesota. | |
| “Negotiating Agency: Old Order Amish and Jewish ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to the Internet.” Continuity and Change: 50 Years of Amish Society. The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
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| “Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to New Media”: The Feminist Perspective. International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. | |
| “Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to New Media”: The Israeli Communication Association Conference, The Open University, Ra’anana, Israel. | |
| “The Conceptions and Attitudes toward Mass Communication among the Old Order Amish Women.” Media and Religion: The Global View Conference at the University of Colorado, Boulder. | |
| “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” The Fifth Israeli Conference for the Study of Contemporary Spiritualties, Tel Aviv University. | |
| “The Conceptions and Attitudes toward Mass Communication among the Old Order Amish Women.” Amish America: Plain Technology in a Cyber World. The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. | |
| “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Annual Meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. | |
| “The Conceptions and Attitudes toward Mass Communication among the Old Order Amish Women.” Israel Association for Communication Conference, Bar-Ilan University. | |
| “Saying Without Saying: Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Discourse.” International Conference on Ultra-Orthodoxy: Between Modernity and Post-Modernity. Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. | |
| “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective” – Paper delivered at the International Workshop on New Understandings of Gender, Love and the Jewish Family, Jerusalem: Van Leer Institute. | |
| “Saying Without Saying: Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Discourse.” The AJS (Association for Jewish Studies) 42nd Annual Conference, Boston, MA. | |
| “A Forum of Their Own: Views About the Internet among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women who Browse Designated Closed Forums.” The Eastern Communication Association meeting, Baltimore, MD. (Presented by Dr. Azi Lev-On). | |
| “A Forum of Their Own: Views about the Internet among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Who Browse Designated Closed Forums.” International Conference on Gender, Religion, and Society, Bar-Ilan University (with Dr. Azi Lev-On). | |
| 2009 | “Hamodia [newspaper] is 99.” Fifteenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem (with Prof. Y. Limor). |
| 2009
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“Censorship in the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Press.” Israel Association of Language and Society Studies Conference, David Yellin Academic College (with Prof. Y. Limor).
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| “The Learners’ Society: Continuity and Change in Characteristics of Education and Employment among Ultra-Orthodox Women.” 25th Annual Conference – Association for Israel Studies (AIS). | |
| “The Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Press Map in Israel.” Israel Association of Political Science Conference, Jezreel Valley College (with Prof. Y. Limor). | |
| “A Forum of Their Own: Studying Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Online Discussion Forums.” Israel Association for Communication Conference, Jezreel Valley College (with Dr. Azi Lev-On). | |
| “To Speak without Speaking: Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Women’s Discourse.” Discourse and Gender in Israel Conference, Israel Association for the Study of Language and Society, Bar-Ilan University. | |
| “A Forum of Their Own: Studying Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Online Discussion Forums.” Israel Sociology Society Conference, College of Management Academic Studies (with Dr. Azi Lev-On). | |
| “The Permitted and the Forbidden in Communication Consumption among Ultra-Orthodox Women.” Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel Conference, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem. | |
“Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Women and Mass Media in Israel – Exposure Patterns and Reading Strategies. Ultra-Orthodox Women in Israel.” Fanya Gottesfeld-Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism Conference, Bar-Ilan University. |
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| “The Working Ultra-Orthodox Woman’s Image in the Ultra-Orthodox Press.” Discourse and Gender in Israel Conference, Israel Association for the Study of Language and Society, Bar-Ilan University. | |
| “The Working Ultra-Orthodox Woman’s Image in the Ultra-Orthodox Press.” Annual Meeting of the Israeli Anthropological Association, Ashdod. | |
| “The Working Ultra-Orthodox Woman’s Image in the Ultra-Orthodox Press.” International Conference on Gender, Religion, and Society, Bar-Ilan University. | |
| 2006 | “The Working Ultra-Orthodox Woman’s Image in the Ultra-Orthodox Press.” Communicating: A Student Research Conference, University of Haifa. |
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| 2005 | “The Working Ultra-Orthodox Woman’s Image in the Ultra-Orthodox Press.” Israel Association for Feminist and Gender Studies Conference, College of Management Academic Studies.
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| 2004 | “Women’s Images in the Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Press.” Communicating: A Student Research Conference, University of Haifa. |
AFFILIATIONS
American Anthropological Association.
International Communication Association.
Association for Jewish Studies.
Israel Association for Communication.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
| 2010-
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Lecturer, School of Communication, Sapir Academic College.
Courses: Audiences and Texts (Seminar), Quantitative Research Methodology, Qualitative Research Methodology, Scientific Writing: Academic Skills. |
| 2010- | Adjunct teacher, Department of Communication, Ben Gurion University.
Courses: The Mass Media and the Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel, Audiences and Texts. |
| 2014- | Adjunct teacher, Department of Communication, Hertzog College.
Courses: The Mass Media and the Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel, Audiences and Texts. |
| 2005-2014 | Adjunct teacher, Department of Communication, Lifschitz College, Jerusalem.
Courses: Introduction to Mass Communication, The Ultra-Orthodox Media and Press, Critical Viewing, The Mass Media in Israel. |
| 2009-2010 | Lecturer, Department of Communication, Ariel University Center.
Courses: Gender and Communication, Introduction to Mass Communication, Qualitative Research Methodology, The Ultra-Orthodox Media and Press. |
| 2006–2009 | Adjunct teacher, Department of Communication, Ariel University Center.
Courses: Gender and Communication, Quantitative Research Methodology, Qualitative Research Methodology, The Ultra-Orthodox Media and Press, Scientific Writing: Academic Skills. |
| 2004-2009 | Instructor, Department of Communication, Open University of Israel.
Course: The Mass Media in Israel. |
| 2004-2007 | Adjunct teacher, Department of Communication, Sapir Academic College.
Courses: Quantitative Research Methodology, Qualitative Research Methodology, The Ultra-Orthodox Media and Press, Scientific Writing: Academic Skills. |
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| 1999-2006 |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Ph.D. Advisor
- “Female Entrepreneurship: The case study of Ultra-Orthodox mothers in Israel who established an enterprise.” Ph.D. dissertation by Yael Fishman, Department of Communication, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (With Prof. Ester Schely-Newman).
- “The perceptions and meanings of the lives of national religious women in outposts in Judea, Samaria and Binyamin: Between ideological extremism and gender marginalization.” Ph.D. dissertation by Oddeda Sherf, Department of Gender Studies, Bar Ilan University (With Prof. D. Shwartz).
- “Perceptions and Attitudes among Ultra-Orthodox School Principles toward Students with Special Needs in Ultra-Orthodox Elementary Schools.” Ph.D. dissertation by Tehila Pearl, Department of Contemporary Jewry, Bar Ilan University (With Prof. Adam Ferziger).
Ad Hoc MA Critical Reviewer
2015: “Exploring the Characteristics of an Online Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community.” M.A. thesis by Sarit Okun, Department of Communication, Ben Gurion University.
Ad Hoc Editorial Reviewer
Contemporary Jewry; Gender and Society; Israel Affairs; Israel Studies; The Journal of Jewish Identity; New Media and Society; Religion; Israel Studies Review; Journal of Women, Politics and Policy; Religion and Gender.
Hebrew: Democratic Culture; Gender; Israeli Sociology; The Journal of the Ultra-Orthodox Society Studies; Massehet; Media Frames; Megamot; Theory and Criticism
Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer
2015 – Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research grant
2016 – Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research grant
Ad Hoc Conference Paper Reviewer
2017 – Two papers for the Israel Association for Communication.
2016 – Two papers for the Israel Association for Communication.
2015 – Two papers for the International Communication Association and two papers for the Israel Association for Communication.
2014 – Two papers for the Israel Association for Communication.
2013 – Two papers for the Israel Association for Communication.
Extracurricular Activities:
2017- Advisor of the president of Sapir Academic College for the project “The Israeli Hope”.
2017- Director, Sapir College steering committee for the project “The Israeli Hope”.
2012-2014 – Academic advisor, School of Communication, Sapir Academic College.
2012-2014 – Member of Teaching Committee, School of Communication, Sapir Academic College.
Other Professional Activities
| 2013- | Member, The Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel – Study and Research Group, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. |
| 2012-2013 | Member of the Gesher steering committee to promote coexistence between the Ultra-Orthodox and secular societies in Israel. |
| 2011-2012 | Member, Boston Jewish feminist discussion group. Jewish Women’s Archive (Boston, MA). |
| 2010-2011 | Member, The Ultra-Orthodox Society in Israel – Study and Research Group, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. |
| 2009-2011 | Member, The Lithuanian Yeshiva and Its Connection to the Public Sphere in Israel – Study and Research Group, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. |
| 2008
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Member, National-Haredi Communication in Israel – Study and Research Group, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. |
PUBLIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Media
Op Ed contributor for Haaretz (The prestigious liberal broadsheet newspaper in Israel):
http://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/searchresults?text=רבקה+נריה+בן+שחר&searchType=textSearch
Writer for 929 project (reading the Tanakh – the Old Testament – one chapter a day)
http://www.929.org.il/pages/aboutEN.html#_section_1
http://www.929.org.il/author/501
Professional central interviewee for a commercial television documentary series about Ultra-Orthodox women in Israel. For example:
http://10tv.nana10.co.il/Section/?SectionId=13368
Facilitation of conflict resolution
| 2008-2009
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Facilitation of Jewish-Palestinian groups in the “Know the Other” project at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. |
| 1998-1999 | Facilitation of religious-secular groups in Gesher, to promote coexistence between the religious and secular societies in Israel. |
Public Presentations
| 2017 | “Old Order Amish and Jewish ultra-Orthodox Women’s Responses to the Internet”, Youngstown – Jewish Community Center, (Youngstown, Ohio).
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| 2016 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” The Center for Deaf-Blind Persons, Tel-Aviv. |
| 2016 | “The Ultra-Orthodox Community’s Perceptions about the Holocaust.” Zachor vKabed [Remember and Respect] meeting, Hillel program, Sapir Academic College. |
| 2015 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” The 12 Minutes (The Israeli TED Talks). Cinematheque Tel Aviv. |
| 2015 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Havruta project for secular women students and Ultra-Orthodox women, Sapir Academic college. |
| 2015 | “To be a Feminist and Orthodox Woman in Contemporary Israel”: Embassy of France in Tel Aviv. |
| 2015 | “Women in Israel” – Mavoi Satum Panel, Cinematheque Jerusalem. |
| 2015 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community”: Presentation for Sderot Women’s Organization. |
| 2015 | “To be a Feminist and Orthodox Woman in Contemporary Israel”: The Indian Embassy, Herzliya – The Monthly Meeting for Diplomat’s Spouses. |
| 2015 | “Shira Hadasha: The Feminist Synagogue”: Workshop for Darhei Noam Community, Modiin. |
| 2015 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Presentation for “The Hug,” Jerusalem |
| 2015 | “To be a Feminist and Orthodox Women in Contemporary Israel”: Presentation for Naamat volunteers. |
| 2015 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Presentation for Mechinat Nahshon. |
| 2015 | “Shira Hadasha: The Feminist Synagogue”: Workshop for “Gevanim-San Francisco,” Jerusalem. |
| 2015 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community”: Presentation for Darhei Noam Community, Modiin. |
| 2014 | “To be a Feminist and Orthodox Women in Contemporary Israel.” The Jewish Museum, Vienna. |
| 2014 | “Shira Hadasha: The Feminist Synagogue”: Panel in Kfar Saba. |
| 2014 | “A Day in the Life of a Woman in the Old Order Amish Community.” Jerusalem Esra meeting. |
| 2014 | “Shira Hadasha: The Feminist Synagogue”: Panel in Kfar Edumim. |
| 2014 | “Shira Hadasha: Dilemmas and Challenges.” Shira Hadasha Conference for Feminist Synagogues, Jerusalem. |
| 2013 | “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” Presentation for “The Hug,” Raanana. |
| 2012 | “Gender Issues in Israeli Jewish Society.” Lecture at the Israeli Women’s Festival. (Newton, MA). |
| 2012 | “The Creation of a New Women’s Religious Culture: An Integrated Perspective.” Jewish Community Havurah meeting (Sharon, MA). |
| 2011 | “To be a Torah Scholar’s Wife: Ultra-Orthodox Women’s Discourse about their Lives in Israeli Haredi Society.” Motzash Club: Lectures for Israeli Scholars in Boston area (Brookline, MA).
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Languages
Hebrew – Excellent speaking, reading, and writing (mother tongue)
English – Excellent speaking, reading, and writing
German – Basic reading
REFERENCES
Available upon request.