Shaina Silberstein Zvulun is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Communication and Journalism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed her B.Ed. at Achva Academic College, and her MA in Conflict Research, Management, and Resolution at the Hebrew University. Her doctoral research examines sectoral and mainstream media consumption patterns and its relation to ultra-Orthodox attitudes regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Israel-Hamas war. Shaina has presented her work at several academic conferences and has published and submitted articles for publication in leading academic journals.

Research Interests

Ultra-Orthodox society

Immigration and integration

Minority groups in higher education

Patterns of media consumption

Public opinion in conflict and war

Selected Publications

Rabadi, H., Silberstein Zvulun, S., & Maoz, I. (2023). Difficulties, experiences, and feelings of the Palestinian female students from East Jerusalem regarding their intergroup encounter with Israeli-Jews in Israeli academic settings. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 29(1), 1-6.

Silberstein Zvulun, S., Illouz, I., & Maoz, I. (in press). Predictors of support for an Israeli-Arab regional agreement among the ultra-Orthodox Jewish-Israeli society. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

Silberstein Zvulun, S., & Maoz, I. (in press). The identity journey of North American ultra-Orthodox women after aliyah. Contemporary Jewry.

Selected Presentations

“Predictors of Ultra-Orthodox Support for an Israeli-Arab Regional Agreement”, presented at The Ultra-Orthodox Society, the War, and the Day After the War: Varying Perspectives. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem, Israel, January 8th, 2025.        

“Wartime Perspectives and Encounters: Through the Eyes of Ultra-Orthodox Female Students”, presented at New Frontiers in Research on Conflict and the War. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem, Israel, July 17th, 2024.

“Identities in Transition: The Encounter of Ultra-Orthodox Women with Secular Israeli Society in Academic Institutions for Higher Education”, presented at New Frontiers in Conflict Resolution Research. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Jerusalem, Israel, May 22nd-May 23rd, 2023.

Awards and Prizes

Yad-Ora PhD Scholarship for Ethnographic & Geopolitical Research in the Middle East (Hebrew University) 2025

Atid B’Ivrit Fellowship (Hebrew University) October 2023-

Swiss Center Scholarship (Hebrew University) 2022

Lafer Center Scholarship for MA Thesis Research in Gender Studies (Hebrew University) 2022

Yad-Ora MA Scholarship for Ethnographic & Geopolitical Research in the Middle East (Hebrew University) 2022

Dean’s List (Achva Academic College) 2018-2020