tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327541079817275176.post8836661421922795129..comments2023-03-23T03:53:03.110-07:00Comments on The New Jewish Question: This ain't your grandpa's ZionismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327541079817275176.post-48008542625219595412009-11-29T11:09:19.868-08:002009-11-29T11:09:19.868-08:00Thank you for this comment. I'm actually focu...Thank you for this comment. I'm actually focusing my next blog post exclusively on the connudrum of the Jewish-democratic state, so this post is just in good timing. i will try to hurry that post up.Hailey Dilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598357913140255894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-327541079817275176.post-30235131457349618582009-11-29T10:41:29.208-08:002009-11-29T10:41:29.208-08:00It's really a great observation you made about...It's really a great observation you made about Zionism, Judaism and Democracy. I think that its hard to view the Jewish state in its current iteration as a true democracy -- what are the sacrifices in Jewish law that the we have to make in the name of democracy and vise-versa, what are the sacrifices that we need to make as proponents of democracy to make a Jewish state....and what is more important? As Jews, of course we say Judaism, but as North Americans (who are taught to value to the underdog and the underrepresented) its hard to reconcile the two.<br /><br />Yes, in Israel, we are the majority- but this is the only place in the world where that is true, but there are still populations negatively affected by our existence. <br /><br />The good news however, is that Judaism (well...Judeo-Christian values) provides the basis for the values and laws in Western society...the bad news is that Western laws aren't always that appealing to the rest of the world (or us for that matter!)....Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461571870730980477noreply@blogger.com