Page "Judaism" Paragraph 81

The term " traditional " ( masorti ) is most common as a self-description among Israeli families of " eastern " origin ( i. e., the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa ).

This term, as commonly used, has nothing to do with the official Masorti ( Conservative ) movement.

There is a great deal of ambiguity in the ways " secular " and " traditional " are used in Israel: they often overlap, and they cover an extremely wide range in terms of ideology and religious observance.

The term " Orthodox " is not popular in Israeli discourse, although the percentage of Jews who come under that category is far greater than in the diaspora.

What would be called " Orthodox " in the diaspora includes what is commonly called dati ( religious ) or haredi ( ultra-Orthodox ) in Israel.

The former term includes what is called " Religious Zionism " or the " National Religious " community, as well as what has become known over the past decade or so as haredi-leumi ( nationalist haredi ), or " Hardal ", which combines a largely haredi lifestyle with nationalist ideology.

( Some people, in Yiddish, also refer to observant Orthodox Jews as frum, as opposed to frei ( more liberal Jews )).