Editing Israelis (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of Israel|List of Israelis}}
{{See also|Archaeology of Israel|Music of Israel|Science and technology in Israel}}
The largest cities in the country [[Haifa]], [[Tel Aviv]], and [[Jerusalem]] are also the major cultural centers, known for art museums, and many towns and kibbutzim have smaller high-quality museums. Israeli music is very versatile and combines elements of both western and eastern, religious and secular music. It tends to be very eclectic and contains a wide variety of influences from the [[Diaspora]] and more modern cultural importation: [[Hassidic]] songs, Asian and Arab pop, especially by Yemenite singers, and Israeli [[hip hop music|hip hop]] or [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]. Folk dancing, which draws upon the cultural heritage of many immigrant groups, is popular. There is also flourishing modern dance.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

===Religion===
{{Main|Religion in Israel}}
{{See also|Holidays and events in Israel}}
[[File:Temple Mount Western Wall on Shabbat by David Shankbone.jpg|thumb|[[Western Wall]] and [[Dome of the Rock]], [[Jerusalem]]]]
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, at the end of 2014, 75% of Israelis were [[Jewish]] by religion (adherents of [[Judaism]]), 17.5% were [[Muslim]]s, 2% [[Christians|Christian]], 1.6% [[Druze]] and the remaining 3.9% (including immigrants) were not classified by religion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Population by Religion |url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_02&CYear=2015 |access-date=31 December 2015 |publisher=Central Bureau of Statistics |date=9 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113175654/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/reader/shnaton/templ_shnaton_e.html?num_tab=st02_02&CYear=2015 |archive-date=13 November 2015 }}</ref>

Roughly 12% of Israeli Jews defined as ''[[Haredi Judaism|haredim]]'' (ultra-orthodox religious); an additional 9% are "religious"; 35% consider themselves "traditionalists" (not strictly adhering to [[Halakha|Jewish religious law]]); and 43% are "secular" (termed "[[hiloni]]"). Among the seculars, 53% believe in God. However, 78% of all Israelis (and virtually all Israeli Jews) participate in a Passover seder.<ref>[http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/relinisr-consensus.htm Religion in Israel: A Consensus for Jewish Tradition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806091726/http://www.jcpa.org/dje/articles2/relinisr-consensus.htm |date=6 August 2011 }} by Daniel J. Elazar (JCPA)</ref>

Unlike North American Jews, Israelis tend not to align themselves with a movement of [[Judaism]] (such as [[Reform Judaism]] or [[Conservative Judaism]]) but instead tend to define their religious affiliation by degree of their religious practice. Israeli religious life, unlike much of North American Jewish life, does not solely revolve around synagogues or religious community centers.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}

Among [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arab Israelis]], 82.6% were Muslim (including [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadis]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7Ao8dYsCskC&pg=PA45 | title=The Arabs in Israel | access-date=4 March 2014 | author=Ori Stendel | page=45 | publisher=Sussex Academic Press | isbn=1898723249 | year=1996 | archive-date=28 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928154827/https://books.google.com/books?id=t7Ao8dYsCskC&pg=PA45 | url-status=live }}</ref>), 8.8% were [[Christians|Christian]] and 8.4% were [[Druze]].<ref name="pdf2">{{cite web|url=http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton56/st02_01.pdf |title=Population, by religion and population group |access-date=8 April 2006 |first=Government of Israel |last=Central Bureau of Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060410121622/http://www1.cbs.gov.il/shnaton56/st02_01.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2006 }}</ref>

The [[Baháʼí World Centre]], which includes the [[Universal House of Justice]], in Haifa attracts Baháʼí [[Baháʼí pilgrimage|pilgrims]] from all over the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.bahai.org/article-1-6-0-5.html |title=The Baháʼí World Centre: Focal Point for a Global Community |publisher=The Baháʼí International Community |access-date=2 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629171538/http://info.bahai.org/article-1-6-0-5.html |archive-date=29 June 2007 }}</ref>