Balancing Acts of Faith and Pork
Micah D. Halpern
July 22, 2004
The question: How Jewish vs. how democratic should the Jewish State of Israel actually be?
That was really the question before Israel\’s Supreme Court.
More than a legal question, it led to serious and heated debate. The answer would be a defining factor in the very nature of the state itself. It came to the fore as the court was asked to decide if three cities, Jerusalem included, could ban the selling of pork.
The ruling: That cities cannot outright forbid the sale of pork and should respect communities that are predominantly religious but may sell pork in other areas of the city.
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