Religious Change
Antisemitism Studies
Jewish Education
Identity Contruction
Current Project
Kindness to the stranger? Religion and tolerance in contemporary Europe.
Curriculum Vitae
Fellowships and Grants
2024: Education, Employment, and Fertility among Haredi Women in Israel, Schusterman Foundation (Co-PI).
2022–2024: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe.
2020: Doctoral Fellowship, Annenberg Foundation.
2019–2022: Doctoral Fellowship, Mandel Scholion Research Center.
Prizes
2023: Werblowsky Doctoral Thesis Prize, Israeli Association for the Study of Religions.
Education
2022: Hebrew University. PhD, Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry.
2014: Hebrew University. MA, Contemporary Jewry.
2006: University College London. BA, History.
Publications
N. Beider. 2023. Religious Residue: The impact of childhood religious socialization on the religiosity of nones in France, Germany, Great Britain, and Sweden. British Journal of Sociology 74(1):50–69
N. Beider and D. Fachler. 2023. Bucking the Trend: South African Jewry and Their Turn Toward Religion. Contemporary Jewry 43(3–4): 661–682
N. Beider. 2022. Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America. Review of Religious Research 64(4):933–959
Y. Gez, N. Beider, and H. Dickow. 2022. African and Not Religious: The State of Research on Sub-Saharan Religious Nones and New Scholarly Horizons. Africa Spectrum 57(1):50–71
N. Beider. 2021. The Zeal of the Convert Revisited. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 60(1):5–26
B. R. Chiswick, U. Rebhun, and N. Beider. 2020. Language Acquisition, Employment Status, and the Earnings of Jewish and Non-Jewish Immigrants in Israel. International Migration 58(2):205–232
N. Beider. 2017. Religious Practices and Beliefs among Religious Stayers and Religious Switchers in Israeli Judaism. Sociology of Religion 78(1):81-99
Selected Presentations
2024. “Tolerance, Antisemitism, and the European Left” Annual Conference of the Association of Israel Studies
2024. “Walking a Tightrope: Jewish Education in Challenging Circumstances”. Values Based Challenges in Jewish Education in Israel and the Diaspora Conference of the Melton Center of Jewish Education, HUJI and Herzog College.
2023. “Religious Change and Antisemitism in Eastern Europe”. Annual Meeting of the British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies.
2023. “Love Thy Neighbour? Acceptance of Stigmatized Minorities in Europe”. Annual Meeting of the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network.
2023. “Standing out or Blending in? Strategies of School Choice as a Response to the Rise of Antisemitism in Europe”. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Sociological Society.
2022. “Religious Residue? The Impact of Childhood Affiliation on the Religiosity of Nones”. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
2022. “The Collapse of the Center: Religious Polarization among South African Jews”. 18th World Congress of Jewish Studies.
2022. “Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Attitudes towards Minority Groups: Disaffiliation and Tolerance”. Annual Meeting of The Israeli Association for the Study of Religions.
2022. “(Non)Religion and Attitudes towards Minority Groups”. Annual Meeting of the British Sociological Association.
2022. “Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Attitudes towards Minority Groups: The Relationship between (Non)Religion and Tolerance”. Annual Meeting of the Israeli Sociological Society.
2021. “Are Older People More Religious? The Relationship between Age and Religiosity Among Jews”. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.