Jewish Journeys: Israeli Democracy in Crisis: Who is a Jew?

Who is a Jew? The Law of Return makes this a very important question in Israel politics.

The subjects discussed are The Law of Return, conflicts between religious parties and left-wing parties on who becomes a citizen in the Brother Daniel question of 1962, and the question of the Jewishness of Shalit children that was decided by Israeli Supreme Court in 1970 (and then reversed by the government).

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