JEWISH M142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chardal, Halakha, Supreme Court (Israel)
Document Summary
Sequence of holidays suggest that establishment of the state is a result of human actions. Which kind of a democratic state israel is (should be: jewish state, state of jews, state of the jewish people, who has, or should have, the right to decide, competing models (e. g. all its citizens, bi-national) Official and technical separation between state and religion. Religion is, however, deeply intertwined with politics and government. Historical roots embedded in the days of the yishuv. 1976: reception of first f15 fighter jets: rabin received f15 jets which arrived late on the sabbath, violating it, religious parties in coalition government voted against it, resulting in early elections. Sharia courts: appoints first female kadi (sharia judge) Tradition that weren"t put into law: yom kippur, circumcision, bar-miszva and bat mitsvah. Funeral of rabbi ovadia yosef was one of the biggest in israeli history proxy of importance of religion in israel.
