Jewish Identities: A Response to Yossi Klein Halevi
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Charles S. Liebman
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Abstract
The author describes what he believes are the three religious identities that comprise Israeli society --the "religious," the "dejudaized secular," and the "Jewishly secular" --while elucidating the meaning of "secularism," divorcing it from its connotation in American Jewish society, as well as distinguishing between two types of Israeli secularism suggested by Yossi Klein Halevi. He describes the power relations among the three identity groups, the source of their respective influences on Israeli society and why the voice of the "Jewishly secular," who comprise roughly seventy percent of society, is not heard more strongly. Finally, he argues that the reemergence of a vibrant secular Jewishness (i.e. non-Orthodox Judaism) is essential to the welfare of Judaism and presence of a Jewish state and believes that this will encourage moderate forces within the Orthodox community as well.
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Israel
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Bibliographic Information
Jewish Identities: A Response to Yossi Klein Halevi. 2000: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-bjpa11930
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