Less than 50 percent of Israelis describe themselves as “not religious,” according to a survey published in Haaretz Sunday. The survey, conducted by the Pori organization on behalf of the paper, found the 12.3 percent of those interviewed described themselves as “religious,” 44.2 percent as “traditional,” and 43.5 percent as “not religious.”
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