This essay reflects on issues raised by Yaacov Yadgar concerning a devil’s bargain made decades ago between secular Zionist Israeli governments and the country’s Orthodox religious establishment, in defining who is a Jew and, therefore, entitled to the most comprehensive benefits of citizenship. It seems that that very tensions inherent in this somewhat illogical, somewhat cynical bargain are quite relevant to an us-them mentality that makes peace with the Palestinians more difficult
This paper examines modern Jewish messianism in the context of the pursuit and struggle for new iden...
Let me start with two qualifications. First, this question: is defining the term Jewish essential ...
The author argues that the ‘New’ Israeli Nationality Law is, despite its name, a natural, almost ine...
An essay is presented in which the author explores fragility of Israeli secularism related to Jewish...
This thesis begins with an explanation of Israel’s foundational constitutional tension—namely, that ...
The second half of the 1990s witnessed the forceful introduction of the phrase“a state for all its c...
The Israeli State envisions itself as first and foremost a Jewish state. Its founding narrative is t...
Many academics are unaware that I am Jewish, no doubt due, in part, to my last name as well as to my...
This short essay is included in a symposium issue entitled People of the Book: Judaism\u27s Influen...
In the world of Judaism, the “end of men” is not in sight. Surely, tectonic plates are sliding and s...
The assent of Israeli Druze to the Jewish character of the state is based on the premise that citize...
A person\u27s self-perception of his or her Jewish identity can have a profound impact on one\u27s p...
Contemporary Israel is engaged in religious, national and ethnic struggles over the definition of ci...
This article argues that the Jewish picture of the Noahide laws, laws thought to apply to all non-Je...
This article focuses on the development since the second Palestinian intifada of a new consensus in ...
This paper examines modern Jewish messianism in the context of the pursuit and struggle for new iden...
Let me start with two qualifications. First, this question: is defining the term Jewish essential ...
The author argues that the ‘New’ Israeli Nationality Law is, despite its name, a natural, almost ine...
An essay is presented in which the author explores fragility of Israeli secularism related to Jewish...
This thesis begins with an explanation of Israel’s foundational constitutional tension—namely, that ...
The second half of the 1990s witnessed the forceful introduction of the phrase“a state for all its c...
The Israeli State envisions itself as first and foremost a Jewish state. Its founding narrative is t...
Many academics are unaware that I am Jewish, no doubt due, in part, to my last name as well as to my...
This short essay is included in a symposium issue entitled People of the Book: Judaism\u27s Influen...
In the world of Judaism, the “end of men” is not in sight. Surely, tectonic plates are sliding and s...
The assent of Israeli Druze to the Jewish character of the state is based on the premise that citize...
A person\u27s self-perception of his or her Jewish identity can have a profound impact on one\u27s p...
Contemporary Israel is engaged in religious, national and ethnic struggles over the definition of ci...
This article argues that the Jewish picture of the Noahide laws, laws thought to apply to all non-Je...
This article focuses on the development since the second Palestinian intifada of a new consensus in ...
This paper examines modern Jewish messianism in the context of the pursuit and struggle for new iden...
Let me start with two qualifications. First, this question: is defining the term Jewish essential ...
The author argues that the ‘New’ Israeli Nationality Law is, despite its name, a natural, almost ine...
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