Buffered mobility: parenting strategies of religious Jewish global middle class families. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mizrachi, Maayan; Maxwell, Claire; Yemini, Miri
• Is Part Of: Education inquiry. Volume 13:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 205
• Page End: 225
• Publication Date: 2022-04-03
• Subjects: Religion -- mobility -- global middle class -- families; Education -- Periodicals; Teachers -- Training of -- Periodicals; Education; Teachers -- Training of; Periodicals; 370.72
• DOI: 10.1080/20004508.2020.1857976
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2000-4508

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study adds to the emerging body of literature on parental practices and trajectories of globally mobile middle-class families, by focusing on families belonging to diverse religious Jewish communities. Through an interview-based, in-depth analysis of three internationally mobile families representing various Jewish religious factions, we illustrate the complex matrix of inter-relations between mobility, religion, and parenting. Our analysis shows that a mobile lifestyle offers these Jewish religious families a liberating encounter, but that parents work to maintain their religious links while simultaneously securing the necessary advantages middle-class families generally aspire to. We found that religion plays an important role in social reproduction of these particular mobile families, acting as a buffer to reduce the uncertainty and shock integral to regular mobility. Furthermore, we illuminate how various forms of religiosity are reproduced through different strategies across the participating families.