Yair Nitzani is a talented Israeli comedian. I'm not certain if he's talking Hebrew here but thinks he's talking English, or if he's talking English but thinks he's talking Hebrew, but if you understand both it's hilarious; I expect if you understand only one of the two you still may find it amusing. Since it touches upon a subject I've been dancing around for a while, I'll let him do the explaining.
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this comes far too late, but i gave the reform-conservative vs orthodox some thoughts lately; and came across some written pieces....
in short:
as it seems to me, the reform movement (originally from central europe) is an answer to the secular evolution in the diaspora states. nations developed and the jews became emanzipated and wanted to be citizens. but how be part of the jewish nation and another one. this ended at some point when german jews referred to themselves as "germans of mosaical faith". what is stressed in reform judaism is faith. therefor it is also easier to do a reform conversion. reform judaism is an answer to the problems jews face while living in a secular mainly christian societyc(i am not sure about conservative judaism.... of course it is also an answer to problems in the secular diaspora; it stresses more history and looks for rational explanations...)
now israel. first, israel is not a secular state. maybe there are a lot of people who behave like people in western secular societies. but as long as israelis vote for the satus quo by marrying with an orthodox rabbi and avoiding pressure for civil marriage i dont see that changing (i also do not understand why people here are called secular??? to my understanding a state can be secular, but why a person).
second, jews living in israel do not life in the diaspora. they live in a jewish state (and not like Herzl saw it in a State of Jews). so they do not need reform or conservative judaism. because orthodox judaism gives them everything they need....
FYI, this show aired in 2003.
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