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On its 75th birthday, Israel still can't agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracy

  • Written by Eran Kaplan, Rhoda and Richard Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies, San Francisco State University
On its 75th birthday, Israel still can't agree on what it means to be a Jewish state and a democracyUnder a portrait of Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion on May 14, 1948, declares the establishment of a Jewish state to be known as the state of Israel.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding, and nearly a century and a half after the first Zionists came to Palestine...

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