On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy
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Author Eran Kaplan Rhoda and Richard Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies, San Francisco State University As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine from Europe, the core tension behind the country’s establishment – whether a Jewish state could be a democratic state, whether Zionism could accommodate pluralism – is more obvious than ever.
On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy
On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t…
On its 75th birthday, Israel still can’t agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy
Author Eran Kaplan Rhoda and Richard Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies, San Francisco State University As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine from Europe, the core tension behind the country’s establishment – whether a Jewish state could be a democratic state, whether Zionism could accommodate pluralism – is more obvious than ever.