New Jewish Israeli Art for a New Generation
When I was growing up in the little modern-day American shtetl of Monsey, New York (it was much smaller then that it is today), it used to be axiomatic when discussing Israeli culture: Unless Israelis were already religiously Jewish, they were not going to be interested in Judaism or in cultural offerings that were based in Torah and Judaism. Secular was secular, religious was religious, and never the twain shall meet. It was understood three quarters of a century ago that Labor Zionism had sought to create a “New Man,” one who was interested in creating a new, Israeli cultural ide...
Source: timesofisrael.com