Hiloni

Cyclists ride down the deserted Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur Hiloni ( ), plural hilonim ( ) derived from the Hebrew word hulin , meaning secular or profane, is the term used in Israel for non-religious Jews . A 2007 study done by the Israel Democracy Institute found that 20 percent of all Israeli Jews describe themselves as hiloni . About 33 percent describe themselves as Haredi (ultra-orthodox) or dati (orthodox). 47 percent describe themselves as masorati (traditionally observant, but not as dogmatic as the orthodox. Masorati Jews in Israel observe traditional practices such as lighting Shabbat candles , limiting their activities on Shabbat , or keeping kosher to some extent. As natives of Israel, hilonim speak Hebrew . As Israel is a Jewish state , many hilonim observe national holidays and customs, such as Israel's Independence Day , and Holocaust Remembrance Day .

Cyclists ride down the deserted Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur . As natives of Israel, hilonim speak Hebrew . As Israel is a Jewish state , many hilonim observe national holidays and customs, such as Israel's Independence Day , and Holocaust Remembrance Day .

As citizens of Israel, hilonim generally speak Hebrew . Many hilonim observe national holidays , such as Israel's Independence Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day .

The other three subgroups on the scale of Jewish-Israeli religiosity are the masortim , "traditional"; datiim , "religious"; and haredim , "ultra-religious" (" ultra-Orthodox "). In the 2018 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics ' survey, 43.2% of Jews identified as hiloni .