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The Struggle for Religious Identity in the State of Israel

"In Toronto or any other city in Canada or the US there is no Jewish state and no struggle of that Jewish society for survival. No one cares if you want to be Reform, Conservative – do whatever you want. But here you need to create an army, a society, a country, and it has to survive. You need to create an elementary common denominator around which the society can unite. That denominator is that we are Jews."  --Rabbi David Stav

“Rabbi Stav has succeeded in awakening an entire country and setting Judaism as a priority for the State of Israel. This is an amazing accomplishment that we have only begun to leverage.”  --Tzohar Executive Vice-President Nachman Rosenberg

 

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Meet the speaker

Rabbi David Stav

Rabbi David Stav, a graduate of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav, is the rabbi of the town of Shoham. Rav Stav is a co-founder and the chairman of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization. In 1998, Rabbi Stav co-founded the Hesder Yeshiva in Petach Tikva with Rabbis Cherlow and Piron. Rabbi Stav teaches in Metivta, a women's seminary in Bar Ilan University. He is the spokesman for Rashei Yeshivot Hesder across Israel . Rabbi Stav holds a Semicha for Dayanut (Judgment in Rabbinical Court). Rabbi

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