Summary
The academies’ seat that Yochanan ben Zakkai asked for in 70 CE, used by Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine as the name and model for a new Jewish identity that no longer equates Palestinian equality with Jewish genocide (Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine, lines 82, 188).
Details
- In the essay, Yavne is where a new form of worship based on prayer and study replaced Temple sacrifice after 70 CE (line 82).
- Beinart’s present-tense meaning: “That’s what Yavne can mean in our time. It’s time to build it.” (line 188). The essay gives no geography or later history of the place.
Related pages
Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine, Yochanan ben Zakkai