Israel And Zion In American Judaism

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000097307
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel and Zion in American Judaism written by Jacob Neusner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993, Israel and Zion in American Judaism: The Zionist Fulfillment is a collection of 24 essays exploring the concept of who or what is "Israel" following the establishment of the Jewish State in 1948 and the subsequent crisis of self-definition in American Jewry.

Author : Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1580237630
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dream of Zion written by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover what Jewish people in America have to say about Israel—their voices have never mattered more than they do now. As anti-Israel sentiment spreads around the world—from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to former President Jimmy Carter—it has never been more important for American Jews to share their feelings and thoughts about Israel, and foster a connection to Israel in the next generation of Jewish and Christian adults. This inspirational book features the insights of top scholars, business leaders, professionals, politicians, authors, artists, and community and religious leaders covering the entire denominational spectrum of Jewish life in America today—and offers an exciting glimpse into the history of Zionism in America with statements from Jews who saw the movement come to life. Presenting a diversity of views, it will encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to think about what Israel means to them and, in particular, help young adults jump start their own lasting, personal relationship with Israel.

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Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 0791480062
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zion in the Desert written by and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emily Alice Katz
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143845466X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bringing Zion Home written by Emily Alice Katz and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing Zion Home examines the role of culture in the establishment of the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel in the immediate postwar decades. Many American Jews first encountered Israel through their roles as tastemakers, consumers, and cultural impresarios—that is, by writing and reading about Israel; dancing Israeli folk dances; promoting and purchasing Israeli goods; and presenting Israeli art and music. It was precisely by means of these cultural practices, argues Emily Alice Katz, that American Jews insisted on Israel's "natural" place in American culture, a phenomenon that continues to shape America's relationship with Israel today. Katz shows that American Jews' promotion and consumption of Israel in the cultural realm was bound up with multiple agendas, including the quest for Jewish authenticity in a postimmigrant milieu and the desire of upwardly mobile Jews to polish their status in American society. And, crucially, as influential cultural and political elites positioned "culture" as both an engine of American dominance and as a purveyor of peace in the Cold War, many of Israel's American Jewish impresarios proclaimed publicly that cultural patronage of and exchange with Israel advanced America's interests in the Middle East and helped spread the "American way" in the postwar world. Bringing Zion Home is the first book to shine a light squarely upon the role and importance of Israel in the arts, popular culture, and material culture of postwar America.

Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315046587
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel and Zion in American Judaism written by Jacob Neusner and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Henry L. Feingold
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486422367
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zion in America written by Henry L. Feingold and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly yet highly readable survey covers Old World origins; profiles of New World cultures of German and Eastern European Jews; the effects of changing political and economic climates; the rise of labor movement; and immigrant settlement on the Lower East Side settlement.

Author : Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781459683297
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dream of Zion written by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry L. Feingold
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486148335
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zion in America written by Henry L. Feingold and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly survey covers Old World origins; profiles of New World cultures of German and Eastern European Jews; the effects of changing political and economic climates; and immigrant settlement on the Lower East Side settlement.

Author : Daniel Gordis
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062873717
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Stand Divided written by Daniel Gordis and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Jewish Book Award Winner and author of Israel, a bold reevaluation of the tensions between American and Israeli Jews that reimagines the past, present, and future of Jewish life Relations between the American Jewish community and Israel are at an all-time nadir. Since Israel’s founding seventy years ago, particularly as memory of the Holocaust and of Israel’s early vulnerability has receded, the divide has grown only wider. Most explanations pin the blame on Israel’s handling of its conflict with the Palestinians, Israel’s attitude toward non-Orthodox Judaism, and Israel’s dismissive attitude toward American Jews in general. In short, the cause for the rupture is not what Israel is; it’s what Israel does. These explanations tell only half the story. We Stand Divided examines the history of the troubled relationship, showing that from the outset, the founders of what are now the world’s two largest Jewish communities were responding to different threats and opportunities, and had very different ideas of how to guarantee a Jewish future. With an even hand, Daniel Gordis takes us beyond the headlines and explains how Israel and America have fundamentally different ideas about issues ranging from democracy and history to religion and identity. He argues that as a first step to healing the breach, the two communities must acknowledge and discuss their profound differences and moral commitments. Only then can they forge a path forward, together.

Author : Moshe Davis
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814330340
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America and Zion written by Moshe Davis and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moshe Davis was a preeminent scholar of contemporary Jewish history and the rounding head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A recognized leader in the field of bicultural American/Jewish studies, he was a mentor to educators and academics in both Israel and North America and an active colleague of American Christian scholars involved in interfaith study and dialogue. These wide-ranging essays, many of them presented at a colloquium that Professor Davis had planned but did not live to attend, honor him by exploring the theme of Zion as an integral part of American spiritual history and as a site of interfaith discourse. Not only do these essays stress the role of individuals in history, but they also incorporate views outside those of mainstream religions. American attitudes toward the land of the Bible reflect both Jewish values that arose from their abiding attachment to Zion and the uniquely American Christian vision of a utopian pre-industrial, pre-urban, pre-secularized world. Whereas American Christians expected to be lifted out of their ordinary lives when they visited the Holy Land, Jews saw in their affinity for Zion a strong link to their American environment. Jews viewed America's biblical heritage as a source of practical values such as fair play and equality, social vision and political covenant. In inviting such comparisons, these essays illuminate the relationship of Judaism to America and the richness of American religious experience overall.