A New Vision of Israeli Society: Professor Alon Tal and the New Meimad-Green Movement Party

Saving the environment is not just a noble cause; it is a religious imperative. That is the message coming from an
intriguing new political initiative of Rabbi Michael Melchior and Prof Alon Tal, who have recently joined forces to form a counterintuitive and seemingly unlikely political merge between a religious and a green party. Tal’s environmentalist Green Movement and Melchior’s religious-liberal Meimad have decided to unite in order to lead the country not only towards intensive environmental and social activism but effectively towards implementing an entire vision of what it means to build a Jewish society. “What kind of Jewish state are we if are not looking after our environmental and social needs?” Tal asked. “The answer is, we are not a Jewish state. We are not embodying Jewish values.”