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Author : Abba Hillel Silver
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Democratic Impulse in Jewish History written by Abba Hillel Silver and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abba Hillel Silver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (458 download)
Download or read book The Democratic Impulse in Jewish History, by Abba Hillel Silver,... written by Abba Hillel Silver and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Alexander Kaye
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190922745
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Invention of Jewish Theocracy written by Alexander Kaye and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about the attempt of Orthodox Jewish Zionists to implement traditional Jewish law (halakha) as the law of the State of Israel. These religious Zionists began their quest for a halakhic sate immediately after Israel's establishment in 1948 and competed for legal supremacy with the majority of Israeli Jews who wanted Israel to be a secular democracy. Although Israel never became a halachic state, the conflict over legal authority became the backdrop for a pervasive culture war, whose consequences are felt throughout Israeli society until today. The book traces the origins of the legal ideology of religious Zionists and shows how it emerged in the middle of the twentieth century. It further shows that the ideology, far from being endemic to Jewish religious tradition as its proponents claim, is a version of modern European jurisprudence, in which a centralized state asserts total control over the legal hierarchy within its borders. The book shows how the adoption (conscious or not) of modern jurisprudence has shaped religious attitudes to many aspects of Israeli society and politics, created an ongoing antagonism with the state's civil courts, and led to the creation of a new and increasingly powerful state rabbinate. This account is placed into wider conversations about the place of religion in democracies and the fate of secularism in the modern world. It concludes with suggestions about how a better knowledge of the history of religion and law in Israel may help ease tensions between its religious and secular citizens"--
Author : Norman Abjorensen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538120747
Total Pages : 551 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Democracy written by Norman Abjorensen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy is easy to talk about but hard to define in other than broad generalizations; its history is a long, complex, and contested subject. What this volume seeks to do is to explore the general evolution of political and social thinking that would eventually coalesce into what we now know as democracy, for all its imperfections and shortcomings. The question of just why some societies evolved into a democratic trajectory and others did not continues to engage the interest of historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists. Much conjecture surrounds the rise of certain elements we now recognize if not as democratic, then proto-democratic, such as collective decision-making, constraints on the exercise of power and a degree of accountability of the ruler to the ruled. If democracy in the sense of “rule by the people” has two essential qualities – rule by the majority and the equal treatment of free citizens - then its origins, however feeble, are to be found in these early examples of government. Historical Dictionary of Democracy contains a chronology, an introduction, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about democracy.
Author : Arnold M. Eisen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253114128
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (531 download)
Download or read book The Chosen People in America written by Arnold M. Eisen and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1983-11-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how American Jewish thinkers grapple with the notion of being the isolated “Chosen People” in a nation that is a melting pot. What does it mean to be a Jew in America? What opportunities and what threats does the great melting pot represent for a group that has traditionally defined itself as “a people that must dwell alone?” Although for centuries the notion of “The Chosen People” sustained Jewish identity, America, by offering Jewish immigrants an unprecedented degree of participation in the larger society, threatened to erode their Jewish identity and sense of separateness. Arnold M. Eisen charts the attempts of American Jewish thinkers to adapt the notion of chosenness to an American context. Through an examination of sermons, essays, debates, prayer-book revisions, and theological literature, Eisen traces the ways in which American rabbis and theologians—Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox thinkers—effected a compromise between exclusivity and participation that allowed Jews to adapt to American life while simultaneously enhancing Jewish tradition and identity. “This is a book of extraordinary quality and importance. In tracing the encounter of Jews (the chosen people) and America (the chosen nation) . . . Eisen has given the American Jewish community a new understanding of itself.” —American Jewish Archives “One of the most significant books on American Jewish thought written in recent years.” —Choice
Author : Daniel R. Langton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139486322
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination written by Daniel R. Langton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination is a pioneering multidisciplinary examination of Jewish perspectives on Paul of Tarsus. Here, the views of individual Jewish theologians, religious leaders, and biblical scholars of the last 150 years, together with artistic, literary, philosophical, and psychoanalytical approaches, are set alongside popular cultural attitudes. Few Jews, historically speaking, have engaged with the first-century Apostle to the Gentiles. The modern period has witnessed a burgeoning interest in this topic, however, with treatments reflecting profound concerns about the nature of Jewish authenticity and the developing intercourse between Jews and Christians. In exploring these issues, Jewish commentators have presented Paul in a number of apparently contradictory ways. The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination represents an important contribution to Jewish cultural studies and to the study of Jewish-Christian relations.
Author : Mark A. Raider
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136314954
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Abba Hillel Silver and American Zionism written by Mark A. Raider and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays collected here investigate Rabbi Silver's Zionist political leadership, his impact on American Judaism, ideological orientation and relations with the leaders of the Palestine Jewish community, World Zionist Organization and the Jewish State.
Author : Isaac Landman
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Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ... written by Isaac Landman and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441197842
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Jewish Biography written by Dan Cohn-Sherbok and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-01-07 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Baal Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the fascinating richness of the Jewish heritage. Modelled on the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Christian Biography (Continuum 2001) and with the advice of leading Jewish scholars, the Dictionary of Jewish Biography provides a rapid reference to those Jewish men and women who have, over the last four thousand years, contributed to the life of the Jewish people and the history of the Jewish religion. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers. Designed as an accessible reference tool, this volume is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in the history of the Jewish people - the uninitiated will become initiated; the curious will become informed; the informed will now have a handy reference tool.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book American Jewish History written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ofer Shiff
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815652801
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)
Download or read book The Downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the Foundation of Israel written by Ofer Shiff and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early February 1949, American Jewry’s most popular and powerful leader, Abba Hillel Silver (1893–1963), had summarily resigned from all his official positions within the Zionist movement and had left New York for Cleveland, returning to his post as a Reform rabbi. During the second half of the 1940s, Silver was the most outspoken proponent of the founding of a sovereign Jewish state. He was the most instrumental American Jewish leader in the political struggle that led to the foundation of the State of Israel. Paradoxically, this historic victory also heralded Silver’s personal defeat. Soon after Israel’s declaration of independence, Silver and many of his American Zionist colleagues were relegated to the sidelines of the Zionist movement. Almost overnight, the influential leader—one who had been admired and feared by supporters and opponents—was stripped of his power within both the Zionist and the American Jewish arenas. Shiff’s book discerns the various aspects of the striking turnabout in Silver’s political fate, describing the personal tragic story of a leader who was defeated by his own victory and the much broader intra-Zionist battle that erupted in full force immediately after the founding of Israel. Drawing extensively on Silver’s own archival material, Shiff presents an enlightening portrait of a critical episode in Jewish history. This book is highly relevant for anyone who attempts to understand the complex homeland–diaspora relations between Israel and American Jewry.
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Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Jewish Woman written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norman Podhoretz
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307456250
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Why Are Jews Liberals? written by Norman Podhoretz and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of World War IV, a brilliant investigation of a central question in American politics and culture. During his career as a neoconservative thinker, Norman Podhoretz has been asked no question more often than “Why are so many Jews liberals?” In this provocative book he sets out to solve this puzzle. He first offers a fascinating account of anti-Semitism in the West to show the historical roots of Jewish mistrust of the right. But, Podhoretz argues, since the Six Day War of 1967 Jewish allegiance to the left no longer makes sense, and yet most Jews continue supporting the Democratic Party and the liberal agenda. Reviewing the history of Jewish political attitudes and examining the available evidence, Podhoretz argues against the conventional explanations for Jewish liberalism—finally proposing his own.
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Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Reform Advocate written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael A. Meyer
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814328743
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)
Download or read book Judaism Within Modernity written by Michael A. Meyer and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of articles, most of them published previously. The following deal with antisemitism:
Author : Theodore H. Wohl
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881258776
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (587 download)
Download or read book He Really Had Something to Say written by Theodore H. Wohl and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederic Cople Jaher
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400825261
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Jews and the Nation written by Frederic Cople Jaher and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first systematic comparison of the civic integration of Jews in the United States and France--specifically, from the two countries' revolutions through the American republic and the Napoleonic era (1775-1815). Frederic Jaher develops a vehicle for a broader and uniquely rich analysis of French and American nation-building and political culture. He returns grand theory to historical scholarship by examining the Jewish encounter with state formation and Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the "paradigm of liberal inclusiveness" as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. Jaher argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights. He also explores the relevance of the Tocqueville-Hartz theory for other marginalized groups, particularly blacks and women in France and America. However, the experience of these groups suggests that the theory has its limits. A central issue of this penetrating study is whether a state with democratic-liberal pretensions (America) can better protect the rights of marginalized enclaves than can a state with authoritarian tendencies (France). The Tocqueville-Hartz thesis has become a major issue in political science, and this book marks the first time it has been tested in a historical study. The Jews and the Nation returns a unifying theory to a discipline fragmented by microtopical scholarship.
