tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post5512852482402804421..comments2023-06-21T10:52:34.013-04:00Comments on Jeremy Rosen's Blog: Menachem Elon and TheocracyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043970242427877089noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-87290005881927328732013-02-15T06:14:12.868-05:002013-02-15T06:14:12.868-05:00I would argue that Basic Law, or as we would call ...I would argue that Basic Law, or as we would call it in the US, a constitution, is exactly where one SHOULD put the Jewishness of the state. The whole point of a constitution is to limit democracy. To place the founding principles of the country above the reach of the normal voting process.<br /><br />So, the only way Israel could ever be a Jewish and Democratic state is by enshrining the Jewishness in a constitution. While one might be afraid that this would give too much power to the rabbinate, or to someone else's rabbinate, one can also place clear limits in that constitution, not just powers. <br /><br />(DK: I think "Melamed" is usually a hebraization of "Learner". But wouldn't be just as his "real name" if his father or grandfather were the one to have it changed?)micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-50060656897327740802013-02-14T17:30:38.576-05:002013-02-14T17:30:38.576-05:00But Rabbi Eliezer Melamed is not a new breed, he w...But Rabbi Eliezer Melamed is not a new breed, he was born in 1961. He's flourished, with publishing and educational projects but he didn't spring from nowhere. Where was the opposition to places like Yeshiva Merkaz that educated Melamed and others? <br /><br />Trivially, is Melamed his real name? dknoreply@blogger.com