It is Time for Hatikvah to Recognize the Israeli Soul.
As appeared in the Jerusalem Post under the headline: Israel's Declaration of Independence includes all Since the first Aliyah in the late 1800’s until today, Israel has changed from an exclusive socialist non-religious Jewish agrarian culture to something much more. In its very small geographic footprint (about the size of New Jersey), Israel is now a world leading country in many categories (high-tech, medicine, and of course, agriculture, to name a few). Israel has also become multicultural on many levels. This tiny country has opened its arms to Jewish refugees from all over the world, who in turn bring their ethnicities, culture, religious interpretations, music, and art. As a theocratic democracy, Israel is both a Jewish state and democracy where citizens of any religion, race, or ethnicity find freedom. Much like many other Western democracies. A core concept, expressed in Israel’s Declaration of Independence is “The State of Israel… will foster the developmen...