December 2009
2 posts
The struggle for the soul of Israel
But Women of the Wall chairperson Anat Hoffman criticized the lack of political response to the treatment that Frenkel received. “I want Michael Oren to be drowning in e-mails and faxes and letters saying: ‘Do something about this. This is something we care about,’” said Hoffman, who is also executive director of the Reform movement’s Israel Religious Action Center. Hoffman said that when she...
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Religion, secularism and theocracy
Only 44 percent of Israelis define themselves as secular, as opposed to 64 percent of Swedes who define themselves as atheists; via haaretz.com The logic behind this article is so flawed that the article doesn’t warrant a detailed critique. I do want to make a couple of comments however: 1. Gideon Levy is confusing the idea of religiosity and that of a theocracy. Even if 100% of the...