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Prof. Menachem Mautner |
Professor Menachem Mautner, Professor of Law at the Tel Aviv
University and one of the leading experts in law, culture and multiculturalism in
Israel, recently lectured at an academic conference sponsored by Shaharit: Creating Common Cause, a think tank
with the goal of presenting fresh thinking on Israeli society. Prof. Mautner has been a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School, NYU Law School, Cardiff Law School; Harvard Law School; and Columbia University Law School.
This is what Prof. Mautner had to say about
the religious Zionist population in Israel today:
“I the past few decades the religious
Zionist population has undergone a metamorphosis. In the past, religious Zionism
saw itself as the junior partner in the hegemony held by the mainstream secular
Zionism in Israeli society. However, at some point the religious Zionist camp began
to see itself in a totally different way. In recent years it has begun to prepare
itself to take the lead of the cultural, political and social hegemony in the
decades to come. This is a historic sea-change in the way religious Zionism
sees its role in society.”
“Religious Zionists constitute a very
important group, and we must take them into consideration and cooperate with them
in defining the liberal values in Israeli society.”
“It
is a quite a large group, and more importantly, it is a very strong group
institution-wise. It has many Yeshivot and other institutions, and it is
impossible to ignore its power. It is a very responsible group, which involves
itself with the affairs of the state on all levels, as opposed to the Haredi
population. In other words, it is a group that assumes a disproportional amount
of responsibility for Israeli society. One just has to look at the number of
combat officers in the IDF today to see this – the majority are from the religious
Zionist camp.”
Thank you, Prof. Mautner for confirming that we are succeeding in our mission:
Yeshivot Bnei Akiva - Training Israel's Future. TM
Yeshivot Bnei Akiva - Training Israel's Future. TM
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