The drive to pass the Jewish Nation-State Law and the growing appeal of sophisticated Bible study stem from a similar profound place: a desire to entrench our roots in this land.
Israelis celebrate as they hold Israeli flags during a parade marking Jerusalem Day, the day in the Jewish calendar when Israel captured East Jerusalem and the Old City from Jordan during the 1967 Middle East War, just outside Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City May 24, 2017.(photo credit: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS)ByDAVID M. WEINBERG