Correction: Gorelik (2025). Ethnic Divisions Within Unity: Insights into Intra-Group Segregation from Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Society. Social Sciences 14: 169

Missing Funding

In the original publication (Gorelik 2025), the funder, the Azrieli College of Engineering–Jerusalem Research Fund to Boris Gorelik, was not included. The “Funding” section on page 11 should say “This study was partially funded by the Azrieli College of Egineering-Jerusalem Research Fund”.

Text Correction

There was an error in the original publication (Gorelik 2025).

The comparison of dissimilarity index values between Israeli ballot boxes and U.S. census block groups was presented without sufficient clarification regarding the difference in geographic unit granularity. In the published article, I compared the dissimilarity index values calculated for Haredi communities in Israel to those reported by Pendergrass for Black–White segregation in U.S. metropolitan areas (Pendergrass 2022). I wish to clarify that this comparison is problematic due to differences in the units of analysis. To reflect this, the following changes were made.

Page 1 of the original PDF: the following was removed from the Abstract: “A comparison with Black–White segregation in U.S. metro areas highlights differing drivers of segregation: cultural and religious dynamics in Haredi communities versus structural inequalities in the U.S. Despite relatively lower dissimilarity scores, cultural and institutional factors reinforce residential separation.”

Page 3 of the original PDF: The first paragraph was edited. All text following the phrase “cases of segregation” up to the end of the paragraph was deleted and replaced with the following text: “as an illustrative benchmark rather than a directly comparable case.”

Page 6 of the original PDF: The fragment beginning with “In comparison, a 2022 analysis of Black–White segregation in U.S. metro/micro areas…” and ending with “…within their respective social and analytical contexts.” was deleted.

A new paragraph was added as follows:

These figures indicate the presence of meaningful segregation within each context rather than directly comparable magnitudes. Although studies of Black–White segregation in the U.S. report higher dissimilarity values, these values cannot be directly compared. The dissimilarity index is highly sensitive to the granularity of the unit of analysis. In the Israeli case, segregation is measured at the level of ballot boxes, each representing a relatively small, known, and fairly uniform population of voters. In contrast, U.S. studies typically rely on census block groups. Consequently, differences in index values may reflect methodological and spatial-scale effects rather than substantive differences in segregation intensity. The comparison therefore cannot be used to rank segregation levels across contexts.

The author states that the scientific conclusions are unaffected. This correction was approved by the Academic Editor. The original publication has also been updated.