A Comment on Justice and Israeli Democracy © Rabbi Menachem Creditor sparked in conversation with Yehuda Kurtzer Of course, justice is so very complicated, and democracy is, at best, people reaching together towards a just, collective future. I defended (and continue to defend) Israels right to defend itself militarily. I dont claim to know all of the security information the government has. I also took public positions supporting Israeli investigations into Israels conduct during the war, and write critically (as I did recently in reactions to Naftali Bennetts NYTimes Op-Ed and in reaction to the proposed Jewish State bill) when Israeli government officials take positions with which I disagree. In the case of Israels High Court invalidating Jewish converts Jewish status based on their subsequent secular lifestyles, I believe the justices, duly appointed, made an unjust decision. Yes, it was reached through due process. But so was the US Supreme Courts terrible recent decision to gut the Voting Rights Act. Perhaps this is similar to how some people differentiate between pshat (exegesis) and drash (eisegesis): Pshat is what I say, and drash is what you say, meaning: I support (and worry about) Israels democracy, and dont always agree with what it produces. ---- ° menachemcreditor.org __._,_.___ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:01:17 +0000
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