I came across a large collections of videos with the Chief Rabbi pf England, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who seems to promote a Judaism, I can connect with in this short interview, he provides legitimacy for doubt - indeed for atheism - recognizing the important role that atheists and heretics can play in keeping rampant religious extremists in check.
If only we had such attitudes among the Orthodox here in Israel - the only country in the Western world, where religion is so institutionalized that allows corruption and backwardness in official quarters to fester. Under the conditions our political system has created, there is now room for checks and balances of the theocracy. It is perhaps this very reason that has lead to the three major exiles of the People of Israel. If so, then we will have only ourselves to blame, if the intransigence of all our factions results in yet another debacle.
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