Balancing Religion and Government
* jewishstudies israel1. Israelis needed to compromise to meet the needs of various jews living in the new country
- Religious Jew were committed to focusing on halachah
- Major compromises included:
- Closing state-run businesses on Shabbat
- Marriage and divorce to the religious courts(Beit Din)
- Provisional government that formed in 1948 included representatives from all the various segments of the zionism movement
- Christians, Muslims, and Jews would have their own religious authorities
- Due to all these challenges and varying opinions, israel has no written constitution
- Major compromises included:
2. Elsewhere
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2.2. In my garden
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