There are already a handful of countries that have separation of religion and state: France, Mexico, India, and the United States of America. Not Israel. This is one reason--though not the only one-- why I would never move to Israel if I converted to Judaism. As for "humanistic Judaism," I wonder why the practitioners of this secular faith aren't, apparently, the least bit attracted to the ideas of the humanistic Jewish thinker Erich Fromm. Fromm was a member of the pro-diaspora, anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism. Maybe there should be some sort of detente/rapprochement between Classical Reform and humanistic Judaism?
There are already a handful of countries that have separation of religion and state: France, Mexico, India, and the United States of America. Not Israel. This is one reason--though not the only one-- why I would never move to Israel if I converted to Judaism. As for "humanistic Judaism," I wonder why the practitioners of this secular faith aren't, apparently, the least bit attracted to the ideas of the humanistic Jewish thinker Erich Fromm. Fromm was a member of the pro-diaspora, anti-Zionist American Council for Judaism. Maybe there should be some sort of detente/rapprochement between Classical Reform and humanistic Judaism?