Law and identity in Israel : a century of debate / Nir Kedar ; translated by Haim Watzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kedar, Nir, author.

Contributor:

Watzman, Haim, translator.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and Judaism

Standardized Title:

Mishpaṭ kaḥol-lavan. English

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Law--Israel.

Law.

Jewish nationalism.

Israel.

Constitutional law--Israel.

Constitutional law.

Democracy--Israel.

Democracy.

Judaism and state--Israel.

Judaism and state.

Jewish nationalism--Israel.

Zionism and Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

What makes Israeli law Israeli? Why is the word 'Jewish' almost entirely absent from Israeli legislation? How did Israel succeed in eluding a futile and dangerous debate over identity, and construct a progressive, independent, original and sophisticated legal system? Law and Identity in Israel attempts to answer these questions by looking at the complex bond between Zionism and the Jewish culture. Forging an original and 'authentic' Israeli law that would be an expression and encapsulation of Israeli-Jewish identity has been the goal of many Jewish and Zionist jurists as well as public leaders for the past century. This book chronicles and analyzes these efforts, and in the process tackles the complex meaning of Judaism in modern times as a religion, a culture, and a nationality. Nir Kedar examines the challenges and difficulties of expressing Judaism, or transplanting it into, the laws of the state of Israel.

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ISBN:

9781108670227

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