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1	Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism more books like this by Aviezer Ravitzky, Michael Swirsky (Translator), Jonathan Chipman (Translator) add to wishlist A look at the opposing views of the Haredi and the Zionists--and an examination of the Habad Hasidim. see all copies from $24.00! new only from $25.42!
2	Torah and Constitution: Essays in American Jewish Thought more books like this by Milton R Konvitz add to wishlist A collection of essays which analyze the connections between the Torah and the American Constitution. The author elaborates on the centrality of law in both America and Judaism: the first bound to the Constitution and the Framers, and the second bound to Revelation. see all copies from $7.99! new only from $21.99!
3	Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism more books like this by Professor Michael Walzer (Editor) add to wishlist Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be today to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular democratic states? Can a culture of exile be adapted to help Jews find ways of being at home ... see all copies from $18.50! new only from $23.72! \| SVS
4	The Jewish Political Tradition, Volume 2: Membership more books like this by Professor Michael Walzer (Editor), Mr. No'am J Zohar (Editor), Ari Ackerman (Editor) add to wishlist The second volume of "The Jewish Political Tradition", this work is concerned with the theme of membership. It brings together important texts on membership topics from 3000 years of Jewish history, many newly translated or translated for the first time. Commentaries from modern religious and secular scholars, representing a range of viewpoints on ... see all copies from $23.08! new only from $41.50!
5	Israel and the Politics of Jewish Identity: The Secular-Religious Impasse more books like this by Professor Asher Cohen, Asher Kohen, Professor Bernard Susser add to wishlist Since the 1980s, relationships between secular and religious Israelis have gone from bad to worse. What was formerly a politics of accommodation, one whose main objective was the avoidance of strife through "arrangements" and compromises, has become a winner-take-all, zero-sum game. The conflict is not over who takes what, rather, it is a conflict ... see all copies from $5.62! new only from $28.57! \| first editions
6	Paths of Emancipation: Jews, States, and Citizenship more books like this by Pierre Burnbaum, Pierre Birnbaum (Editor), Ira Katznelson (Editor) add to wishlist Throughout the nineteenth century, legal barriers to Jewish citizenship were lifted in Europe, enabling organised Jewish communities and individuals to alter radically their relationships with the institutions of the Christian West. In this volume, one of the first to offer a comparative overview of the entry of Jews into state and society, eight ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $38.98! \| first editions
7	Real Jews: Secular Versus Ultra- Orthodox: The Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel more books like this by Noah Efron add to wishlist An explosive book that documents in savage detail the war that is tearing Jewish Israel apart from the inside. . Most Americans would be shocked and disturbed to learn that the harsh rhetoric of virulent anti-Semitism is alive and thriving in Israel. Israel is a Jewish state, after all, so the anti-Semitism found there could hardly be aimed at all ... see all copies from $6.55! new only from $6.55! \| first editions
8	A Theocratic Yehud?: Issues of Government in a Persian Period more books like this by Jeremiah W Cataldo add to wishlist This book offers a fresh re-evaluation of Yehud in the Persian period, addressing in particular the dynamics of its relationship to the Persian imperial government. Among the variety of social-political reconstructions of Persian-period Yehud, one 'consensus' stands out - one which states that the Jerusalem priesthood enjoyed a prominent level of ... see all copies from $55.00! new only from $91.41!
9	A Crisis of Identity: Israel and Zionism more books like this by Dan V Segre add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
10	Perpetual Dilemma: Jewish Religion in the Jewish State more books like this by S Zalman Abramov add to wishlist Describes and evaluates the problem of traditional Judaism in relation to the Jewish state, a problem with which the state of Israel has been concerned from the day of its creation in 1948. see all copies from $7.00! first editions
11	Separation of Church and State more books like this by Gil Graff add to wishlist see all copies from $27.99! new only from $32.95! \| first editions
12	Israel Among the Nations, International and Comparative Law more books like this by Alfred E Kellermann (Editor), Kurt Siehr (Editor), Talia Einhorn (Editor) add to wishlist This text, written on the occasion of Israel's 50th anniversary, underlines the tension between Israel, the unique Jewish State among nations, and Israel, a nation like many others. On the one hand, it analyzes her special features - the founding of the State, Israel's contributions to the development of the Law of Nations, and her complex ... see all copies from $217.53! new only from $222.43!
13	The Quest for Utopia: Jewish Political Ideas and Institutions Through the Ages more books like this by Zvi Gitelman add to wishlist This exploration of the Jewish political tradition elucidates a long, rich, and diverse experience of both sovereignty and dispersed statelessness. It holds insights, as Zvi Gitelman points out in his introductory chapter, for anyone interested comparative and ethnic politics, Jewish history, and the prehistory of contemporary Israeli politics. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $90.38!
14	Jewish Sects, Religious Movements, and Political Parties more books like this by Menachem Mor, Philip M and Ethel Klutznick Chair In Jewish Civilization add to wishlist This collection of 21 articles and a panel discussion reviews and analyses the history and implications of the dualistic paradigm that has characterised Judaism throughout the ages: pluralism and sectarianism, religiosity and secularity, universalism and separatism, reform and uniformity. Particular attention is paid to the history and effects of ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $43.75! \| first editions
15	Religious Foundations of the J more books like this by Mendell Lewittes add to wishlist 41.95 see all copies from $13.50! new only from $60.46!
16	Paths of Emancipation: Jews, States, and Citizenship more books like this by Pierre Birnbaum (Editor), Ira Katznelson (Editor) add to wishlist Throughout the nineteenth century, legal barriers to Jewish citizenship were lifted in Europe, enabling organised Jewish communities and individuals to alter radically their relationships with the institutions of the Christian West. In this volume, one of the first to offer a comparative overview of the entry of Jews into state and society, eight ... see all copies from $15.00! first editions
17	Halakhah and Politics: The Jewish Idea of the State more books like this by Sol Roth add to wishlist see all copies from $27.95! first editions
18	Religious Foundations of the Jewish State: The Concept and Practice of Jewish Statehood from Biblical Times to the Modern State of Israel more books like this by Mendell Lewittes add to wishlist see all copies from $26.90!
19	Democracy and the Halakhah more books like this by Eliezer Schweid add to wishlist 73.00 see all copies from $105.68! new only from $105.68!
20 view cover	Ottomans, Turks and the Jewish Polity: A History of the Jews of Turkey more books like this by Walter F Weiker add to wishlist In this book, Walter Weiker explores the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Jews to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. That expulsion had the immediate consequence of enlarging the Jewish presence in the Ottoman Empire, particularly what is Turkey today and the adjacent areas of the ... see all copies from $55.00! new only from $110.00!
21	Prophets and Wise Men more books like this by William McKane add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! new only from $14.43! \| first editions
22 view cover	Tolerance, Dissent, and Democracy: Philosophical, Historical, and Halakhic Perspectives more books like this by Dr. Moshe Sokol (Editor) add to wishlist This volume is the latest addition to the ongoing Orthodox Forum Series. This collection ofessays is devoted to exploring three related issues that have received public attention following the assassination of Prim Minister Yitzhak Rabin see all copies from $44.75! new only from $45.14! \| SVS
23	Politique Et Religion: Actes Du Xxe Colloque Des Intellectuels Juifs de Langue Francaise more books like this by Jean Halperin add to wishlist see all copies from $41.73! new only from $41.73!
24	Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrim: Or, Acts of the Assembly of Israelitish Deputies of France and Italy, Convoked at Paris by an Imperial and Royal Decree, Dated May 30, 1806 more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $149.95!

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