Jewish Thought

A biblical model of reconciliation can help bring Jews and Christians together.

Reconciling American identity with support for a Jewish homeland

Beyond the settler movement.

The ways we justify theft cannot free us of its corrupting influence.

"A democracy must often fight with one hand tied behind its back."

Jewish law on the proper treatment of prisoners of war

Settling all the land.

Since the beginning of modern Zionism, some Jews have stood in opposition to it.

Secular Zionism since 1948

Rabbis Kook and Soloveitchik offered differing views on what the modern state means theologically.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz believed traditional Judaism has no precedent for a modern Jewish state like Israel.

A Reform declaration of Zionistic belief