[RE]CLAIMING SECULAR JEWISH SOVEREIGNTY THROUGH BINA

The clashing perspectives over Jewishness in Israel, on the one side with an Orthodox minority that is a major political player, and on the other with a secular majority that is politically fragmented, is a cause of constant tension in Israeli Jewish society. In Israel, Jewishness with its religious overtones overlaps with national sentiments. This overlap is one aspect of the Israeli secular story; the Orthodox monopoly over the state’s Jewish character is