What does it mean for Israel to be a Jewish state?

What do we mean when we refer to the State of Israel as 'the Jewish State'? What does it mean for the politics of the state to be identified as 'Jewish'? And what does it mean for an academic and intellectual field to study Israel as a Jewish state? The lecture will trace the contours of a wide-ranging debate on these issues, that shapes both Israeli and Middle Eastern politics. A lecture by Yaacov Yadgar The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresh...