The History of the Zionist Movement in Israel

In the early years of the Zionist movement, there was a very intentional effort to secularize the holidays with a fair amount of success. As they took more dominant to space in Israeli society, what used to be just in the home became externalized and it became natural. And so we really sensed this in Russia. All of a sudden, there was no reason to create a public sphere that was Jewishly neutral.