In Israel, a New Consensus on What Being Jewish Really Means

When the issue of religion and state becomes central to campaigns, voters move from the right to central — as long as its parties clearly brand themselves as Jewish.

Tomer Persico

October 29, 2019

October 29, 2019

Tomer Persico

Dr. Tomer Persico is a research fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute. He was the Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at U.C. Berkeley, where he was also a Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Persico is a social activist advocating for freedom of religion in Israel. A leading thinker about secularization, Jewish Renewal and forms of contemporary spirituality, Persico writes the most popular blog in Hebrew

Jewish Identity, Jewish Peoplehood, Politics, Pluralism

When the issue of religion and state becomes central to campaigns, voters move from the right-traditional religious bloc to the central-civic bloc — as long as its parties clearly brand themselves as Jewish

Read the full article in Haaretz.

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