Published: 6 July 2017
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Without secular Jews, there would be no Israel and no Jews
MERAV MICHAELI It’s simple, really. Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people. The Jewish people, not the Jewish religion. The entire Jewish people.
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Merav Michaeli will be visiting Australia in October
Ultra-nationalism is no Zionist ideal
NAOMI CHAZAN: When Netanhayu promotes nationalist fervour, he alienates not just Israeli citizens but the majority of world Jewry, who believe that liberal values are an integral part of their Jewish identity. (Times of Israel, July 3)
Jewish women Vs the Jewish state
LESLEY SACHS In 2012, I was arrested for the first time. My crime? Praying while wearing a tallit at the Western Wall. My father, an immigrant to Israel of German descent, would have rolled in his grave if he knew his daughter was being cuffed and fingerprinted by the Israeli police (NYT, July 1)
The historical rift between Israeli and diaspora Jews
The Israeli government’s decision to freeze a plan for a mixed-sex prayer space at the Western Wall may create an irreversible rift in the relations between Israel and world Jewry (CJN, July 6)
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