Reply To: Herzog’s column

“Melamed is discussing an issue of statehood. How should they accept the non religious as citizens? You could say they shouldn�t. But then there will be more assimilation in the diaspora.”

He’s talking not about making them Israeli citizens(they are already), he’s talking about letting them convert to Judaism. His judaism incorporates nationalism, and to him, someone who’s Israeli and keeps a few things should be enough to call them Jewish