Iran Is Sending a Clear Message, but Will America Listen?
By charging an American reporter with espionage.
May 11, 2015
American Jews should treat the Israeli political situation realistically.
Benjamin Netanyahu has brought Israel’s two major ultra-Orthodox (ḥaredi) parties, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas, into his new governing coalition. Many American Jews would no doubt prefer that Israel display a greater separation of synagogue and state and more religious pluralism; however, writes Jonathan Tobin, they should assess the situation with some realism:
By charging an American reporter with espionage.
He's now painting the Nazi-Soviet alliance in a positive light.
"Cyclical time is deeply conservative; covenantal time is profoundly revolutionary."
American Jews should treat the Israeli political situation realistically.
Herod the trendsetter?
Benjamin Netanyahu has brought Israel’s two major ultra-Orthodox (ḥaredi) parties, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas, into his new governing coalition. Many American Jews would no doubt prefer that Israel display a greater separation of synagogue and state and more religious pluralism; however, writes Jonathan Tobin, they should assess the situation with some realism:
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