Your identity
what is the most important
in your identity?
Malka
Akko
What do you mean?
- Israeli? Judaism?
Your ethnic background?
Everything
But what is most important?
The most important is my identity
which one?
Judaism
Being Israeli, for sure
I came to Israel to be an Israeli
Yossi
Bnai Aish
Your identity, what is most important to you?
Being Israeli? Judaism?
your ethnic identity?
being a human being?
Being Israeli
Being Israeli is the most important
and then what?
What else?
Judaism? Your ethnic background?
- Important
Judaism, ethnicity
it's all important
It's all important but the most 
important is being Israeli?
Yes
What is your ethnic background?
Yemenite
Your identity
what is the most important
part of your identity?
What do you mean?
Michal
Petah Tikva
Until now I gave the options
being Israeli, being Jewish
your ethnic background or
being a human being
Being a human being is 
the most important thing
I educate my children to that
my children are soldiers now
I teach them to treat every 
person as a human being
Also if he serves in the West Bank
not everyone there is a terrorist
they need to understand that 
they are human beings
That is how I educated them
that is how I live my life
and how I see the world
I judge the person by his behaviour
and not based on his background or ethnicity
After human being, what is most
important in your identity?
Ethnic identities and Israeliness
don't interest me
It is important to me that
people be humane
to treat everyone around him equally
and be less judgmental
and learn how to accept everyone
How would you rank your identity?
according to importance
Nehorai
Beer Sheva
You have an identity
Israeli, Jewish
Moroccan, you said
being a human being
What is most important to you in all those?
It's important to me that I am a Jew
That's the most important?
A Jew who keeps the 
(commandments of the) Torah
What is second?
Second, that I am Israeli
And being Moroccan is...?
I am half Moroccan, half Georgian
Also important
Important but less than the others?
Is it less important than being 
Jewish and Israeli?
Truthfully, we don't put much
emphasis on that really
It's just a small part of things
Sharon and Ravid
Zichron Yaakov
In order, what is your identity?
as individuals
Israeli, Jewish
your ethnic background
something else?
First we are Jews
that is what unites us
and then Israelis
You as an individual
I am a Jew
and then?
then Israeli
and then?
and last, last Moroccan
that is the lesser of all of them
We are all Israelis
Do you agree?
- Yes, I am also a Jew
but then we are Israelis
for all intents and purposes
and then after that, we are...
I am Yemenite
and our ethnicity is divided into
in the country
and of course
I am Israeli
Is there another identity
that I forgot?
No
Human being maybe?
Human being is something
we all need to be
Before anything, whatever you are
Jew, Arab, Muslim
first be a human being
and love one another
and then after
you can take it to places
more of ethnicity or of identity
Oded
Kfar Saba
We are talking about identities
In your identities,
which is the most important?
My identity?
Yes, your identity
like Judaism
Not Judaism
Being Israeli
your ethnic background
Being Israeli, I would say
Give me them in order
What? The country or for me?
For you?
For me
How do you identify?
How do I identify
Israeli you said was the most
Israeli for sure
to be patriotic
It's ok, that's enough
Judaism, where is that
Somewhere in the middle
What is your ethnic background?
Moroccan
Moroccan ethnicity, where is it?
More than Judaism? Less?
Less
Not really...
Today it is not like it once was
at least where I live
Nira
Ness Ziona
How do you define your identity?
Israeli?
Jewish?
Your ethnic background?
Human being?
What is most important to you?
I am Israeli
I am a traditional (religious) Israeli
So Judaism is second?
Yes, I believe
I am a believing woman, traditional
not religious
but traditional
Traditions are important
Is your ethnic background important?
My ethnic background 
is not important to me
Everyone is equal for me
I am a public figure
I am a photographer
I take pictures of everyone
and everyone is equal for me
Your identity
What is the most important part
of your identity?
My Jewish identity
Really? Not because I asked
about your kippa
No, not at all
The kippa actually indicates 
what you are asking
What?
- The kippa is an indication of what you are asking
Indication
Israeliness, Judaism,
your ethnic background
What is your background?
Israeli
No, are you Moroccan?
Yes, Moroccan from my grandmother
or human being
Which is the most dominant?
Aviel
Akko
First, human being
because also Judaism
considers human beings foremost
then Judaism
You wear a kippa, let's see
Then Judaism
- Then Judaism
then being Israeli
And Moroccan?
Those are roots, of course
but roots are more about history
they are not connected to me personally
more for my parents
Anything else?
Amir
Zichron Yaakov
I think my personality
the things that I like to do
my hobbies
I really like to hike
and mountain climb
I play the saxophone
All the things I really like to do
That's the most important part
of my identity
My choices
Most of the people...
I gave the choices of Israeli
Jewish
your ethnic background
Which in those would be
your most...
the highest one
Israeli
My parents raised me not to
judge people by their ethnicity
or stuff like that
Everyone is Israeli now
We are all raised here, born here
most of us
We're all Israeli
We are not different ethnicities anymore
I don't think there are
supposed to be ethnicities anymore
The next one would be
Jewish or your ethnicity?
You told me you are part
Tunisian, Libyan and Turkish
Is Jewish more important that those?
Jewish is more important than those
I will run into another Jewish person
outside of Israel
I won't talk to him about
which ethnicity he is
I will talk to him about his Judaism
and if he celebrates
I don't know, Passover
or something like that
Let's say you are traveling
and you meet someone who is Muslim
who is Tunisian or Turkish
do you feel a connection also?
I feel a small connection
but it's mainly because
my parents and grandparents
didn't raise me about that
I don't have many traditions
Tunisian traditions
I have Israeli traditions
Gregory
Kiryat Gat
What's most important to you
in your identity?
I think
my potential in socializing
and making connections
and going forward
Your identity in terms of
being Israeli
or Jewish
your ethnic background
What is the most important to you?
The most important to me in that sense
is the sense of community
I feel like
at least in my community
the fact that I am not religious
doesn't effect
my Jewish community
I feel Jewish without being religious
so that is really important to me personally
To fit this in with the others
because everyone answered differently
Israeli
Jewish
you told me already your ethnic identity
half Polish, half Ukrainian
Which of those is the most important?
I feel the Ukrainian
Yes? Why?
It's just more prominent in my house
Did you move here, recently
I was born here
My sister moved here
Your parents were born here or not?
My parents were not
It's important in your household
Ukrainianess is important
Yes
Give me an example of that
It's kind of interpreted
It's effected in our lifestyle
The music that is played in the house
Russian Mtv
or the foods that we eat
Yes, I feel in that sense
Do you feel more Ukrainian
than Israeli?
Would you move to the Ukraine?
I feel more Israeli
than my ethnicity
ethnicity
Yes, I feel more Israeli
but I do feel a connection 
to my origins
