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Study finds Israel's religious foundation not so unique - 6/19/2008 9:59:05 PM
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Marcus.
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By HAVIV RETTIG
"The Jewish-Israeli case is often said to be unique," begins an article by Dr. Alexander Yakobson, a senior lecturer in Roman history at Hebrew University, in the summer 2008 edition of Israel Studies, an academic journal on Israeli society.
The country's strangeness comes from the "'extra-territorial' character of the Jewish people, Israel's ties with the Jewish Diaspora and the strong connection between the Jewish religion and the prevalent notion of Jewish peoplehood," explains the author. Some celebrate this uniqueness, "pointing to the uniqueness of Jewish history and culture," and some are critical of it as "inconsistent with modern civic democracy," but rarely is the "underlining premise of uniqueness" questioned, Yakobson believes.
Now he's out to change that, with an argument that examines the constitutions of other democracies to show that Israel is neither officially nor in practice alone in its, well, uniqueness.
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RE: Study finds Israel's religious foundation not so un... - 6/19/2008 10:10:11 PM
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Sophie11
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Hi Marcus! Could you tell me what you found in this article to be of interest? Maybe I'm just tired and being kind of dense but I just can't seem to find the point of the article, other than that other countries recognize religion besides Israel.
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RE: Study finds Israel's religious foundation not so un... - 6/19/2008 10:17:22 PM
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I didn't know other countries constitutions referenced God or aligned themselves with particular denominations in the constitution. I always assumed the national churches were affiliated by laws and not the constitution itself.
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RE: Study finds Israel's religious foundation not so un... - 6/19/2008 10:21:08 PM
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Sophie11
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Marcus.
I didn't know other countries constitutions referenced God or aligned themselves with particular denominations in the constitution. I always assumed the national churches were affiliated by laws and not the constitution itself.
Oh, yes I see.
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RE: Study finds Israel's religious foundation not so un... - 6/20/2008 10:08:50 AM
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"Of course you are unique," he replied, "but you are not unique in being unique." (Quote from OP article)
Just like Pilate I shall ask, "What is unique? Is my definition the same as yours?"
Or like Bill Clinton, "It depends what your definition of unique is?"
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