Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Contributors ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introductory Remarks 1
6. Part I. Revisiting the Basics
7. 1. The State of Israel and National Identity 8
8. 2. What is Zionism? 39
9. Part II. Historical and Philosophical Contexts
10. 3. Democratic First, Jewish Second: A Rationale 66
11. 4. Cosmopolitanism versus Normative Difference: From Habermas to Levinas–Is Israel an Exception? 78
12. 5. The Holocaust as the Zionist and Anti-Zionist Narrative of the State of Israel 106
13. Part III. State and Nation
14. 6. The Constitutional Significance of the Jewishness of Israel 118
15. 7. Reflections on the Meaning and Justification of “Jewish” in the Expression “A Jewish and Democratic State” 135
16. 8. Israel as a Nation-State in Supreme Court Rulings 164
17. 9. A Jewish Majority as the Leading Criterion for Shaping Immigration Policy to Israel 191
18. Part IV. State and Religions
19. 10. Religion and State: A Critical Analysis of Meanings in Public Discourse 210
20. 11. The Right to the Land: From Moral Justifications to Religious Justifications and Back Again 243
21. 12. The Liberal/Multicultural Nature of the Religious Accommodations for the Palestinian-Arab Minority in Israel: A Curse or a Blessing? 265
22. Part V. Society, Culture, and Demography
23. 13. Is Israeli Society Disintegrating? Doomsday Prophecies and Facts on the Ground 292
24. 14. The Palestinian Israelis’ Attempt to Challenge the Jewish State in Education: A Citizenship Act or a Radical Shift? 317
25. 15. The Future of Nationhood in Israel 342
26. Index 364