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The Religious Significance of Israel
Rabbis Kook and Soloveitchik offered differing views on what the modern state means theologically.
Religion Without State
Yeshayahu Leibowitz believed traditional Judaism has no precedent for a modern Jewish state like Israel.
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
This Israeli philosopher saw problems with both secular and religious Zionism.
What About the Land?
Early rabbinic literature does not devote much attention to the uniqueness of the Land of Israel.
A Demanding Land
With God's promise of the Land to the Israelites came responsibilities and consequences.