Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Affairs
Angaben zur Quelle:
29,3 (2023) 700-715
Keywords:
Sacks, Jonathan, Philosophy
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Sacks, Jonathan, Political and social views
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Judaism and state Philosophy
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Zionism and Judaism Foreign public opinion, British
Abstract:
An internationally renowned scholar and theologian, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948–2020), longstanding Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991–2013), suggested a direct discussion of the State of Israel. By way of exploring the way he viewed the modern State of Israel, this article discusses Rabbi Sacks’ overall communitarian, covenant based ideas before focusing on three categories: national narrative, the invigoration of civil society, and the place of religion. His most distinct criticism relates to the interrelationship between religion, the political system, and the state, illustrated inter alia by his insistence that ‘Judaism must be depoliticised and put back where it belongs, in civil society, far removed from all structures of power’.
DOI:
10.1080/13537121.2023.2206255
URL:
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