[lbo-talk] Juan Cole on recognizing Israel as a Jewish state

Austin Weisgrau auweisgr at reed.edu
Mon Jan 6 18:55:09 PST 2014


The link didn't come through! Send it again? -Austin

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Chuck Grimes <cagrimes42 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Below is the link:
>
> ``For Netanyahu's demand to make any sense, he first has to define
> "Jewish." "Jewish" has a number of possible meanings. It can mean "those
> recognized by Talmudic law as members of the Jewish 'race' via maternal
> descent." The latter is the legal definition of Jewishness in Israeli law
> itself, and for this reason we must presume that it is what Netanyahu has
> in mind. It can also mean "adherents of the Judaic religion," and we can
> explore those implications, as well.
> Of the some 6 million self-identified Jews in Israel, about 300,000 are
> not recognized as "Jewish" by the Chief Rabbi and there is no prospect of
> them being recognized as Jewish any time soon. They were allowed to
> immigrate to Israel because they had at least one Jewish grandparent, but
> if their mother was not Jewish neither are they. ''
>
> Cole is worth the quick read in order to see why this is a non-starter
> demand.
>
> CG
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