Israel — Between two loyalties
Israel-The only Jewish country in the middle east and the world. I am — Ely Vidal — A jewish man and a citizen of Israel — can describe the situation of my country between two loyalties. I will start in discribing the General position of this Essay. Our first loyalty is for the Jewish people-Israel is a shelter for us — and we have to be loyal to it — as the only jewish country in the world. Our second loyalty is for the modern-democratic world. Israel is a part from the modern world and stands for democracy. you peobably ask now what is the point — and the essay will explain it.
The Jewish Law (Thora) Is not Democratic at all It has a very strong meaning but it is very cruel to. For example: a woman who slept with a man before a wedding — must die if she will not marry him in a week — even if he raped her. The modern law for the human writes wull not agree to it. Israel — as an independent country could follow this jewish law — but we understood that we have to be part of the western democratic world — so we followed the human rights. In other cases: according to the Jewish law — man and woman must mary under a Hupa (jewish canopy. Therefor civilain marriage is illegal in Israel.
Till Now — you saw that there are cases we follow the human rights — and there are cases we follow the Thora. it is not easy because the decision is very hard. From one side — the world wants us to follow hom — and from other side — a big part of our citizens want us to follow the Thora. But there are cases that we follow both. For example: «thou shalt not kill», «thou shalt not steal»,Etc.