Book contents
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 Of Priests and Prophets
- 2 The Genesis of Orthodox Political Camps
- 3 Interwar Poland
- 4 Divisive Land
- 5 A New Era in Orthodox Relations
- 6 Emerging Israeli Milieus
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - A New Era in Orthodox Relations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2020
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 Of Priests and Prophets
- 2 The Genesis of Orthodox Political Camps
- 3 Interwar Poland
- 4 Divisive Land
- 5 A New Era in Orthodox Relations
- 6 Emerging Israeli Milieus
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
From mid-April through the end of May 1938, in the wake of a high-profile meeting between representatives of Mizrahi and Agudat Yisrael, the religious-Zionist daily Ha-Tzofeh ran a series of interviews with leaders of both parties. The newspaper’s conversation with an exuberant Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Moses Avigdor Amiel, was published in five installments. “Finally,” Amiel rejoiced, after decades of rancorous infighting, “we have been granted the opportunity to witness an agreement between the two Orthodox camps … In the city of Paris,” he proclaimed, “where some of the great peace conferences of the Gentiles took place, a modest meeting of the leaders of the two sides was held, and in the course of several hours they found a way to repair the distortions of decades.”1 Now, he asserted, it was time for the rest of Orthodox Jewry to follow suit.
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- Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of ReligionFrom Prewar Europe to the State of Israel, pp. 131 - 157Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020