L a paul turn talks about the conflict between ethnic, religious identity and democratic nature of israel. He says we need to bring in other value systems into that calculus. We're actuallyre living in a world where anti sematism was unimaginable 20 years ago but now increasingly common. I think it's scaring. But i'm happy to maintain that the ethnic, religious character that you referred to is e jewish state.
In this special crossover special with EconTalk, Tyler interviews Russ Roberts about his new life in Israel as president of Shalem College. They discuss why there are so few new universities, managing teams in the face of linguistic and cultural barriers, how Israeli society could adapt to the loss of universal military service, why Israeli TV is so good, what American Jews don’t understand about life in Israel, what his next leadership challenge will be, and much more.
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