In a 2010 essay, the Jewish theologian Michael Wyschograd argued that the modern state of Israel should make itself a constitutional monarchy, with the country’s president serving as regent in the absence of an identifiable heir to the Davidic throne—leaving the actual functioning of the Israeli government as is. Meir Soloveichik, revisiting this essay, finds reason to support Wyshograd’s idiosyncratic proposal, and discusses the biblical David, the significance of the Davidic monarchy in Judaism, and the religious meaning of Zionism itself. (Interview by Eric Cohen. Audio, 46 minutes.)
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