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Israel's Seemingly Contradictory Attitude Toward Separating Religion and State

New Poll

Do most Israeli Jews favor separating religion and state, or not? A new poll says yes, while the country's new Jewish Identity Administration says no. Emily Hauser explains why these things are not so much contradictory as joined at the hip.

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