Geoffrey Alderman

The Communal Gadfly (eBook, PDF)

Jews, British Jews and the Jewish State: Asking the Subversive Questions

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Produktbeschreibung

Geoffrey Alderman (Ph.D. University of Oxford, 1969) is the Michael Gross Professor of Politics & Contemporary History at the University of Buckingham and is the acknowledged authority on the history of the Jews in modern Britain. In 2006, Oxford conferred on him with the degree of Doctor of Letters in respect of his work in this field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Studies Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781618110565
• Artikelnr.: 56997840

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Alderman (Ph.D. University of Oxford, 1969) is the Michael Gross Professor of Politics & Contemporary History at the University of Buckingham and is the acknowledged authority on the history of the Jews in modern Britain. In 2006, Oxford conferred on him with the degree of Doctor of Letters in respect of his work in this field.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. I. The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership
Council. Disband this body of (un) representatives. Uncharitable thoughts
of hidden agendas. Only one Jewish View? You must be joking. Joint
statement that is not so joint. The Board, a true history. A seasonal game
of follow my leader. II. British Jews and British Politics. Labouring under
an old misapprehension. Why Tory success will get Liberals going. the
self-confident and the self-hating. Voting tactics can have a moral basis.
Pernicious pits of popular prejudice. So, now it's over, how was it for us?
Israel's role in a PM's downfall. Jewish roots of Blair's Labour... Let
Lord Levy speak his mind. Our 150 years of wasted power. III. Kenneth
Robert Livingstone. Night mayor? Livingstone, I presume. Just one more
sordid career move. Why not to vote for Livingstone. Ken lost us, then lost
London. IV. Orthodoxy and Non-Orthodoxy. Orthodoxy has no need of these
'bans'. UK's strong signs of middle-Jewry spread. The odour of rabbinic
politics. 'Greatest' too great for the top job? Dream on, you Progressive
Jews. British Jewry does not exist. I worry about Masorti outreach. Playing
the numbers game. A Reform Chief Rabbinate soon? V. Orthodoxy and
Ultra-Orthodoxy. Gossipy blot on the charitable landscape. North-Eastern
authority is not just local. Voted out, staying out and crashing out. More
of those splinters of our discontent. Testing that fails some fundamental
tests. It is most reasonable to take days off. Slander, hypocrisy, error
and jealousy. On patrol with the modesty police. The extremists are taking
over. School built on dubious foundations. Holy doesn't mean above the law.
Why not support this lively cause? The treif chickens of Monsey. Club
debacle sets off alarm bells. Fund intolerance? No thanks. We all need a
secular education. VI. Jonathan Henry Sacks. A decade of unfulfilled
communal aims. No Mohammed nor mountain but a move. Public matters need a
public airing. Just a little more thought for the day. Chief Rabbis and
moving experiences. The Chief's cynical about-turn. VII. Israel and its
Enemies. Deep-rooted nature of anti-Jewish views. On truths not universally
acknowledged. Blaming the medium for the message. Water Minister turning on
the wrong tap. Tawdry text messages for our time. Pay attention at the back
there! A UN paper so biased it's funny. Human shields can cover up many
things. There's a PA in Patten and a Patten in PA. Let us have some real
Palestinian justice. So, Dr. Waite, what of 'so-called' evil? More
raspberry - than whistle-blower. Murky business from start to Finnish.
Disturbing turns in pulpits and theses. Verdict endorsing cant and
hypocrisy. Money and justice are seldom in tune. A message from the
synod... Restrictions on Arabs aren't racist. Lebanon is guilty of
apartheid. Defending Israel? Don't be nice. A revisionist revises his
views. VIII. The Problem with Islam. A massacre and the roots of revenge.
Truth will provoke the loudest anger. Terror measures are way off target.
Our view of evil must not be clouded. Mistaken responses to acts of war.
Murderers, minorities and majorities. 'Honour,' it seems is a relative
term. Danish cartoons are not bad taste. Will Muslim leaders speak out?
Muslims are not the 'new Jews.' Keep extremists out of college. My
hostility to Islam is rational. IX. Islamic Judeophobia. Stop crying wolf
but don't stop crying. either a catastrophe or a conspiracy. Heed these
dire words... How Arabs conspired in the Shoah. The blood libel flows on
Nile TV. Muslim dialogue? Don't bother. Police failed us over imam racism.
Iranians are in denial on Israel. X. With Friends Like These... Trembling
on secular side of fence. Offstage playwright's skewed views. Different
wavelengths on the radio. JPR loses mind in choice of new head. My relative
who's a hit in Tehran. We're not a 'people'? Outrageous. XI. Exposing
Myths. Integrity rather than flattery in memorium. Rabbit-like response to
Resettlement. Cable Street Heroics are a myth. Maimonides was a racist.
XII. Nazism. Salutary German (and history) lessons. How inconvenient the
truth can be. One more step the Pope should take. Grubby fingerprints on
old paintings. XIII. Sex. No sex education, please - we're frum. Victims of
the violent victims of stress. Even with many sinners, a sin is still a
sin. It is not a sin to visit a prostitute. Gay adoption undermines us. Mr.
Gay Israel is welcome here. XIV. Islamophobia. An 'invasion' that should
not be repelled. Human rights should apply to all humans. This liberation
is a form of repression. Is our beth din the model for Sharia courts?