Chudner, Irit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8939-6360
Drach-Zahavy, Anat
Almor, Tamar
Madjar, Batya
Gelman, Lea
Habib, Sonia
Funding for this research was provided by:
The Israel National Institute for health policy research (2023104)
University of Haifa
Article History
Received: 16 December 2025
Accepted: 22 March 2026
First Online: 4 April 2026
Declarations
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: Irit Chudner, Anat Drach-Zahavy, Tamar Almor, Batia Madjar, Leah Gelman, and Sonia Habib have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical approval for the study granted by the Haifa University Ethics Committee.
: Informed consent was obtained from all responders included in the study.
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: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by IC, AD-Z, and LG. BM and SH contributed to conclusions and recommendations development and facilitated access to key stakeholders and rabbinical authorities in this closed community, enabling the recruitment of participants. The first draft of the manuscript was written by IC, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved of the final manuscript.