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Article: A Zionist Changes His Mind
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- Tikkun
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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A Conversation With Avrum Burg
TIKKUN: IN THE PAST FOUR months you've caused a sensation in Israel by saying that the religious dimension of Israel is on a collision course with the democratic dimension, and that you cannot accept the genetic definition of who is a Jew-that Israel must go beyond the current Orthodox-dictated law of return. That severely criticizes existing conceptions of Zionism. Could you tell us a little bit about the transformation that's taken place in your consciousness from the time you were the leader of the most significant Zionist organization in the world, the Sochnut, The Jewish Agency, and then Chair of Knesset, to the present moment in which you've expressed ...