Religious Zionism
Israel’s First Orthodox Prime Minister Can Demonstrate the Compatibility of Torah and Public Service
The resulting conflicts are opportunities, not awkward problems.
Is religion becoming mainstream in the Jewish state?
The noted scholar joins our podcast to analyze an important speech Soloveitchik gave on the eve of the Suez Crisis, deriving meaning for the circumstance from the Bible’s Song of Songs.
Law, Zionism, and imitation of God.
David Ben-Gurion desired the “redemption of the Jewish people.”
Naftali Bennett, kingmaker.
And understanding the two rival forms of religious Zionism.
Halakhic thought tends naturally to theocracy.
U.S. Jews who care about Israel tend to be more religious and more right-wing than those who don’t.
Another casualty of the peace process.
Isaac Jacob Reines.
The story of Ayelet Shaked.
Parliamentary maneuvering and Jewish values.