Introduction
1 The Halakha in the Face of Modernity and Zionism
Reform, Orthodoxy, Modernity
Nationalism and Zionism
The Shmita Debate of 5649 (1888–1889)
2 “Government in the Spirit of the Talmud”: The Pioneering Discussion of Zeev Jawitz (1904)
Between Theocracy and the Separation of State and Religion
Religion and Political Life
Religion and Science
Religion and Life
3 The Balfour Declaration and the Pioneering Debate on Halakha and the Challenge of Sovereignty (1917–1921)
Against the Separation of Religion and State
Restoration of the Sanhedrin
Democracy and Halakhic Reforms
Mishpatey HaMeluchah—The Proposal of a Separate
Monarchical Legal System
National Acceptance of Halakha
4 The Age of Jurists (1918–1948)
Jewish Law as Zionist Law
Enactments, Not Amendments
Abraham Chaim Freimann
Isaac Breuer 1
5 The Rabbinical Debate on the Eve of the Establishment of the State of Israel and in its Early Years (1947–1953)
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel: Halakha in the Grip of Democracy
The Status of Non-Jewish Minorities
A Daughter’s Inheritance
Leo Cohen’s Draft of Constitution
American Rabbis: Democratic Halakha
6 The Younger Generation of Zionist Rabbis Faces the Challenge of Sovereignty (1948–1962)
Halakhic Validation: The Theoretical Halakhic Debate on Diverse Aspects of State Institutions
Religious Legislation
Halakha That Regulates and Halakha That Challenges: Renewing Halakhot of Battle and the Army
7 Religious Academics and the Challenge of Sovereignty (1948–1967)
”Permissive State or Torah State”—Criticizing the Need to Make Halakha More Flexible in Order to Adapt It to Reality
Observing the Sabbath in the State of Israel
The Status of Women
Ephraim Elimelech Urbach and the Movement for Torah Judaism
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
About the Author