A crisis of faith over politics? Enough, you've gone too far
Shlomo Kook questions how election results can cause a "crisis of faith". He says Jewish faith has survived repeated persecution and needs no stamp of approval from any political bloc
Assessment
Kook is drawing a sharp line between political disappointment and religious identity. The question he raises is whether voters who feel betrayed by coalition outcomes are confusing their loyalty to a party with their loyalty to Judaism itself. The real test will be whether religious Zionist leaders can separate their political losses from their spiritual authority, or whether the two become permanently entangled in the public mind.