HALACHA, HASHKAFA AND DEMOCRACY sources Rabbi Manning

 https://rabbimanning.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Democracy-in-Halacha-and-Hashkafa.pdf

 A] General Issues• how to define ‘democracy’? 

- appointment of the executive and legislature by popular vote• who gets to vote? 

• is separation of state and religion an important element of democracy? need it be? 

• note the political abuse of the term ‘democratic’ by left and right, especially in Israel