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 Die
Thora wird heute gerade von jenen Kapazitäten, die sie nach aussen führend
vertreten, in einer Weise lächerlich gemacht, welche die Mehrheit der Juden
dazu bringt, der Thora fernzubleiben bzw. sich von ihr abzuwenden.
Rabbi M. Melchior
Orthodoxes Judentum
für Frieden - Demokratie - Zionismus
Orthodox Judaism - for Peace - Democracy - Zionism
Das Licht
Israels:
Eine Kraft, mit der zu rechnen
ist
HALACHA AND DEMOCRACY
We cannot remain blind to the
disastrous consequences to Israel as a Jewish state if Israelis were to
begin to believe that the halacha opposes democratic rule. It is
frightening to think of what would happen to relations between religious
and non-religious Israelis, and especially to our own children who would
grow up thinking that they must make an "either-or" choice between Torah
and Israel.
BASIC
POSITION: THE PEACE PROCESS
We supported Mr. Peres for Prime
Minister because of our long-standing support of the Oslo Accords and the
peace process, as well as evidence of our view that commitment to Torah
does not imply support for one particular political stance. The monolithic
support of the religious parties for Binyamin Netanyahu, and the nature of
the campaign material implied it was a religious imperative for every
observant Jew to vote for the right wing. This made Meimad's position all
the more important as a message to religious Zionists.
THE JEWISH
CHARACTER OF ISRAEL
 The
religious Zionist community has a proud history of integrity and
commitment as a full partner in building the State of Israel, but
today--more than ever--the majority of the religious Zionist community is
entrenched in the extreme right, so far from the center of Zionism that it
seems marginal, at best, to the majority of Israelis.
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Yehuda Amital - Rabbi Michael Melchior
hagalil 06/1999
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