Religion and their traditions in Israel is a central feature of the country.

 

Religion and their traditions play a major role in shaping Israeli culture and lifestyle.

 

Religion and their traditions has played a central role in Israel's history.

 

 

Israel is also the only country in the world where a majority of citizens are Jewish with its varied Jewish traditions.

 

 Israeli Jews defined themselves as  "religious";  "religious-traditionalists" ;  "non-religious-traditionalists" ; and "secular" 

 

In 2009 survey 80% of Israeli Jews believe in God and  tend to define their religious affiliation by degree of their religious practice. 

 

 Judaism outside of Israel is defined as  Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Orthodox Judaism

 

Israel has no entrenched constitution, but freedom of religion and its traditions is anchored in law.

 

While the Basic Laws of Israel that serve in place of a constitution define the country as a "Jewish state,"

 

Common law current in Israel, also protect free practice of religion and its traditions in the country.

 

Legal accommodation of the non-Jewish communities follows the pattern and practice of the Ottoman and British administrations with some important modifications.

 

Israeli law officially recognizes five religions, all belonging to the Abrahamic family of religions:

 

Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Druzeism and the Bahá'í Faith.

 

Furthermore, the law formally recognizes ten separate sects of Christianity:

 

the Roman, Armenian, Maronite, Greek, Syriac, and Chaldean Catholic Churches; the Eastern Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church; the Oriental Orthodox Syriac Orthodox Church; the Armenian Apostolic Church; and Anglicanism.

Members of unrecognized religions are free to practice their religion.

 

Of the Arab Israelis, as of 2008, 82.7% were Muslims, 8.4% were Druze, and 8.3% were Christians.

Just over 80% of Christians are Arabs, and the majority of the remaining are immigrants from the former Soviet Union who immigrated with a Jewish relative. About 81% of Christian births are to Arab women.