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ToC: Israel Affairs 22.1 (2016)
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Tag Archives: Legislation
Reviews: Kislev, Water Economy of Israel
Kislev, Yoav. The Water Economy of Israel. Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014.
Reviews
- Becker, Nir.”Review.” Water Economics and Policy 1.3 (2015).
New Book: Navot, The Constitution of Israel: A Contextual Analysis
Navot, Suzie. The Constitution of Israel: A Contextual Analysis. Oxford: Hart, 2014.
This book presents the main features of the Israeli constitutional system and a topical discussion of Israel’s basic laws. It focuses on constitutional history and the peculiar decision to frame a constitution ‘by stages’. Following its British heritage and the lack of a formal constitution, Israel’s democracy grew for more than four decades on the principle of parliamentary supremacy. Introducing a constitutional model and the concept of judicial review of laws, the ‘constitutional revolution’ of the 1990s started a new era in Israel’s constitutional history. The book’s main themes include: constitutional principles; the legislature and the electoral system; the executive; the protection of fundamental rights and the crucial role of the Supreme Court in Israel’s constitutional discourse. It further presents Israel’s unique aspects as a Jewish and democratic state, and its ongoing search for the right balance between human rights and national security. Finally, the book offers a critical discussion of the development of Israel’s constitution and local projects aimed at enacting a single and comprehensive text.
Click here for a full Table of Contents (PDF).
Podcast: Stav and Farber on Marriage and Conversion in Israel
As part of its ongoing series on “Jewish Ideals & Current Dilemmas in Contemporary Zionism,” the Tikvah Overseas Seminars hosted two of Israel’s leading rabbinic activists, David Stav and Seth Farber to discuss recent legislation regarding marriage and conversion in Israel.
They have worked together to promote bills that will allow greater numbers of municipal rabbis to register couples for marriage and perform conversions under the auspices of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. While heralded by some as an opportunity to prevent intermarriage by increasing the number of Israelis recognized as Jews, these initiatives have been criticized by others as further entrenchment of the Chief Rabbinate’s monopoly over marriage and conversion. Their conversation highlights disagreements regarding civil marriage in Israel, conversion standards, and the ability of Jewish law to evolve. More broadly, their positions reflect different approaches toward reducing the tensions between the Jewish and democratic characters of the State of Israel.
The event was recorded on February 6, 2015. It is also available as a podcast via iTunes or Stitcher.
ToC: Israel Studies 19.2 (2014)
[ToC from Project Muse; content also available at JStor: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.19.issue-2]
Israel Studies
Volume 19, Number 2, Summer 2014
Table of Contents
Special Issue: Zionism in the 21st Century
Editors: Ilan Troen and Donna Robinson Divine
Articles: Zionist Theory
Cultural Zionism Today
pp. 1-14
Culture: Literature and Music
Cultural Orientations and Dilemmas
Politics and Law
Zionism and the Politics of Authenticity
pp. 94-110
Law in Light of Zionism: A Comparative View
pp. 111-132
Economics and Land
Competing Concepts of Land in Eretz Israel
pp. 162-186
Israel’s Relationship with Its Neighbors and the Palestinian Arab Citizens
Religion and Society
The Ambivalent Haredi Jew
pp. 264-293
Contributors
pp. 294-296
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