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ARTICLES PUBLISHED

Okun, S. & Ayalon, L. (In press). And What About Self-Ageism?  “Inner Work” as a Fifth Strategy for the Eradication of Ageism. Journal of Aging & Social Policy.

Okun, S. & Ayalon, L. (2022). Eradicating ageism through social campaigns: An Israeli Case Study in the Shadow of COVID-19. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12540

Okun, S., & Ayalon, L. (2022). The paradox of subjective age: Age(ing) in the self-presentation of older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S1041610222000667

Okun, S., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Ageism: The importance of the linguistic concept for the construction of the experience. Ageing & Society, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0144686X22000708

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2021). Lifelong spiritual learning: Religious older adults going digital. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture‏. doi:10.1163/21659214-bja10056

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2020). Online spiritual counseling for older adults. Cyberpsychology, 14(4),7.  https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2020-4-7

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2019). Online religious communities and wellbeing in later life. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 32(3), 268–287. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2019.1666333

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2017). Online Ultra-Orthodox religious communities as a third space: A Netnographic Study. International Journal of Communication,11, 2825–2841. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6515/2085

Okun S. (2016). Identity games in the online Ultra-Orthodox religious community. Journal for the Haredi Society Research, 56–77. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research, Israel. (Hebrew).

BOOK CHAPTERS

Okun, S. (In press). Digital action research with religious older adults. In: M. Topel & O. Shemer. Inclusion and Exclusion in Kibbutz Community. The Bialik Institute, Iseael.  (Hebrew).

NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Okun, S. (2014-present). Moments in life. Personal Column in Amudim magazine. http://www.kdati.org.il/cgi-webaxy/item?386

Okun, S. (Editor) (2018). Stories of immigration and settlement - western Negev. Fourth collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

Okun, S. (Editor) (2017). The story of a daring operation. Third collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

Okun, S. & Frid R. (Editors) (2016). Evacuation of settlements during wartime. Second collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

Okun, S. (Editor) (2014). Realization of “Torah and Agriculture” in the Negev. First collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

Okun, S. (2014). Surfing with “Shtraeimel.” Amudim,766. 17–20. (Hebrew).

LECTURES AT CONFERENCES

Okun, S. & Ayalon, L. (5.7.2022). Is age just a number? The place of age in the self-presentation of older adults. The conference of the Israeli association of gerontology. David Intercontinental Hotel: Tel Aviv.

Okun, S. (20.6.2022). The contribution of online religious counseling in later life. The 24^th Annual Conference Israel Communication Association, Ben Gurion University in the Negev.

Okun, S. (18.5.2021). Digital action research with senior citizens. Seminar of the center for Qualitative Research. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.  

Okun, S. & Nimrod G. (26.3.2021). Online religious communities and wellbeing in later life. The conference of Religious identity and the media: Methods, concepts, theories, and new research avenues. University of Bremen, Warsaw, Poland.

Okun, S. & Nimrod G. (17.2.2020). A digital spiritual forum in aging. The conference of the Israeli association of gerontology. David Intercontinental Hotel: Tel Aviv

Okun, S. (16.5.2019). The contribution of a digital religious community to wellbeing in later life. Dorot [generations] Conference Herzog Institute for Aging Research, Tel Aviv University.

Okun, S. (16.4.2019). A digital spiritual community in later life. The 23^th Annual Conference Israel Communication Association, Hadassah College, Jerusalem.

Okun, S. (7.2.2018). Insights from a netnographic study. The 8^th Israeli interdisciplinary conference of qualitative research. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.  

Okun, S. (8.3.2017). The online Ultra-Orthodox religious communities. The faculty conferences. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Okun, S. (10.7.2016). Online religious communities: Spirituality and faith through E-leisure. The Third International Sociological Association's (ISA) Forum of Sociology. Vienna, Austria.

Okun, S. (27.6.2016). Online religious communities: A leisure activity, a spiritual activity, or both? The 14^th World Leisure Congress. Durban, South Africa.

Okun, S. (19.5.2016). Who is hiding behind the nickname?" Identity games in the online Ultra-Orthodox religious community. The 4^th "Cyber, Privacy and Technology" Conference. The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Okun, S. (20.4.2016). Identity games in the online Ultra-Orthodox religious community. The 20^thAnnual Conference Israel Communication Association. The Kinneret Academic College, Israel.