Word: reichman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sports to education and public transportation, ultra-Orthodox militants, who make up only about 6% of the country's population, are fighting to impose their religious views on the majority. In the face of that onslaught, many non-Orthodox Israelis have responded with anger and resentment. Warns Uriel Reichman, dean of Tel Aviv University law school: "These things only create hatred of religion. For the vast majority of Israelis, their delight in Jewish tradition is being taken away...
Ultimately, of course, the Israelis themselves will have to resolve the dilemmas rooted in the nation's dual political and religious identity. One mechanism for doing this, suggests Tel Aviv University's Reichman, would be to replace the vague 1947 status quo with a written constitution, which Israel still lacks. Reichman, in fact, heads an independent university group that has drafted a model constitution based on the twin principles of free choice and protection for Israel's Jewish character. Says Reichman: "It is out of the question that individual freedom should be transgressed...