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Today on Tablet

by
Marc Tracy
December 13, 2011

In September, celebrated left-wing Israeli novelist Yoram Kaniuk became the first Israeli officially to be registered with the state as, religiously, of no religion. Today in Tablet Magazine, Jeff Moskowitz reports on the movement Kaniuk inadvertently ignited and the contradictions he has revealed in a country ostensibly founded on a religion that contains a high proportion of secular citizens. (See also Rabbi David Hartman’s remarks on the how “Religious Zionism” has gotten out of control.)

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.