States and Laws, Jews and Palestinians: Yadgar's Traditionalist Alternative. A Reflection on Yadgar, Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis (Cambridge, 2020)

Authors

James J. Friedberg, West Virginia University College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

College/Unit

WVU College of Law

Department/Program/Center

WVU College of Law

Abstract

This essay reflects on issues raised by Yaacov Yadgar concerning a devil’s bargain made decades ago between secular Zionist Israeli governments and the country’s Orthodox religious establishment, in defining who is a Jew and, therefore, entitled to the most comprehensive benefits of citizenship. It seems that that very tensions inherent in this somewhat illogical, somewhat cynical bargain are quite relevant to an us-them mentality that makes peace with the Palestinians more difficult.

Original Publication Title

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

Digital Commons Citation

James J. Friedberg, States and Laws, Jews and Palestinians: Yadgar's Traditionalist Alternative. A Reflection on Yadgar, Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis (Cambridge, 2020), 16 Int'l Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (2021).

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