The Chiloni – Dati divide refers to the broad social divide in Yisraeli society and culture between the chiloni (secular-oriented) and dati(religious-oriented) that permeates much of Yisraeli life. Since Yisrael is a halachic state, meaning all Jews are required to follow the Code of Jewish Law, there is a gradient between those who follow the minimum religious requirements in public and those that devoutly follow all religious laws and customs, publicly and privately. Each major social grouping along this spectrum is called מִגזָר (lit. “sector”).
Jews in Israel mainly classify themselves along a fourfold axis, from least to most observant, hiloni (lit. ’secular’); masorti (lit. ’traditional’); dati (lit. ’religious’ or ‘orthodox’, including religious zionist); and haredi (lit. ’ultra-religious’ or ‘ultra-orthodox’).[6][7]
secularism – hiloniut
In the new book by Aviad Kleinberg, “Lo leha’amin, mabat aher al datiut ve’hiloniut” (Not to Believe, a Different of Religiosity and Secularism)
