A classic since its initial publication in 1959, The Zionist Idea is an anthology of writings by the leading thinkers of the Zionist movement, including Theodor Herzl, Ahad Ha-Am, Martin Buber, Louis Brandeis, Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, Judah Magnes, Max Nordau, Mordecai Kaplan, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Chaim Weizmann, and David Ben-Gurion.
The personal story of the Jewish scholar and leader recounts his life as it reflects the Jewish experience of the past century, defending his position that true Judaism is defined by personal ties to the religion rather than by demonstrations of ethnicity and against anti-Semitism.
An examination of the meaning and implications of Jewish identity, co-authored by a well-known rabbi and the editor of "Reform Judaism". They argue that the fundamental obligation of Jews is not to achieve inner peace or spiritual bliss, but to be dutifully learned in the Torah and conscious of their own status as "the chosen people."
This study of Holocaust denial literature is based on interviews with some of the more famous deniers of the Holocaust. The editors evaluate their methods against those by which historians write or rewrite history.
In this insightful book, an eclectic and distinguished group of writers explore the Jewish experience in the Americas and celebrate the legacy of Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895-1989), a preeminent scholar who revolutionised the study of Jewish history during his lengthy tenure at Columbia University. Baron's important ideas are reflected throughout ...
This volume offers essays by a scholar of the Jewish experience which touch on such topics as Zionism in America, God and the Holocaust, Christian-Jewish relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Israeli politics. Hertzberg challenges and examines the viewpoints of such noted leaders and personalities as Menachem Begin, Elie Weisel, Gershom Scholem ...
Internationally known historian and rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, best known for his classic THE ZIONIST IDEA, challenges us to reexamine the case for the legitimacy of the state of Israel from a secular point of view. He argues that the religious blinders of absolute thinking and hatred have obscured our vision. In this time of great turmoil in the ...
The only comprehensive and up-to-date look at Reform Judaism, this book analyzes the forces currently challenging the Reform movement, now the largest Jewish denomination in the United States. To distinguish itself from Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, the Reform movement tries to be an egalitarian, open, and innovative version of the faith true ...
An anthology of the key spiritual writings of the Jewish tradition. One of Judaism's foremost rabbis and scholars illuminates modern concerns in the first expanded edition of this 30-year-old classic guide.
Hertzberg develops his daring thesis that the "modern, secular, anti-Semitism was fashioned not as a reaction to the Enlightenment and the Revolution, but within the Enlightenment and Revolution themselves." He finds that modern anti-Semitism owes less to Christian theological mentality than to doctrinaire libertarianism of figures such as ...
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