Who Are the Jews—And Who Can We Become? tackles perhaps the most urgent question facing the Jewish people today: Given unprecedented denominational tribalism, how can we Jews speak of ourselves in collective terms?
Who Are the Jews—And Who Can We Become? tackles perhaps the most urgent question facing the Jewish people today: Given unprecedented denominational tribalism, how can we Jews speak of ourselves in collective terms?
Donniel Hartman is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute, where he holds the Kaufman Family Chair in Jewish Philosophy. He is the author of Putting God Second: How to Save Religion from Itself and The Boundaries of Judaism, among other books; the founder of religious education, training, and enrichment programs in Israel and North America; and host of the popular Jewish podcast For Heaven’s Sake.
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Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1. What’s Our Story? 1. The Genesis Covenant and the First Jews 2. Exodus Judaism and the Covenant of Commandments 3. Conversion and the Rabbinic Synthesis of Genesis and Exodus 4. Good Jews and Bad Jews and the Art of Boundaries 5. Maimonides, Champion of Exodus 6. Emancipation from the Genesis Covenant 7. Zionism and the Resurrection of Genesis 8. The North American Homeland between Europe and Zion(ism) Part 2. A Zionism for the Twenty-First Century 9. Foundations for a Twenty-First Century Liberal Jewish Story 10. Recalibrating the Religion-State Status Quo 11. Israel’s Relationship with World Jewry 12. Unpacking a Not-So-“Basic” Law 13. Yearning Again for Peace Part 3. A Diaspora Future 14. At Home 15. Intermarriage and the Meaning of Jewishness 16. The Eroding North America-Israel Relationship 17. The Future of Liberal Zionism in North America 18. The Choice to Belong Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1. What’s Our Story? 1. The Genesis Covenant and the First Jews 2. Exodus Judaism and the Covenant of Commandments 3. Conversion and the Rabbinic Synthesis of Genesis and Exodus 4. Good Jews and Bad Jews and the Art of Boundaries 5. Maimonides, Champion of Exodus 6. Emancipation from the Genesis Covenant 7. Zionism and the Resurrection of Genesis 8. The North American Homeland between Europe and Zion(ism) Part 2. A Zionism for the Twenty-First Century 9. Foundations for a Twenty-First Century Liberal Jewish Story 10. Recalibrating the Religion-State Status Quo 11. Israel’s Relationship with World Jewry 12. Unpacking a Not-So-“Basic” Law 13. Yearning Again for Peace Part 3. A Diaspora Future 14. At Home 15. Intermarriage and the Meaning of Jewishness 16. The Eroding North America-Israel Relationship 17. The Future of Liberal Zionism in North America 18. The Choice to Belong Notes Bibliography Index
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