Chametz law? Much ado over nothing - Haaretzh

By Yehuda Ben Meir

To see how far the politicians pretending to represent Religious Zionism have strayed from its original ideology, we need only look at the religious politicians' furor about nothing over Magistrate Court's Judge Tamar Bar-Asher-Zaban's ruling on the interpretation of the Chametz Law.

There has always been a fundamental difference between the Religious Zionist and the ultra-Orthodox approach to shaping Israel's image as a Jewish state. Religious Zionism recognized that it was impossible, and forbidden, to impose Jewish edicts on citizens by legislation. It did suggest, however, that every effort should be made - through understandings and agreements - to ensure the public expression of the state's character as a Jewish state.

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