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Frontmatter --TABLE OF CONTENTS --Preface --Abbreviations --Introduction --Chapter 1. Jews, Christians and Persecutions in Fourth-Century Persia --Chapter 2. Chosenness: The Election of Israel --Chapter 3. Marriage and Celibacy in Jewish and Christian Tradition --Chapter 4. Ritual: Passover and Circumcision --Conclusion --Appendix: Post Second Temple Passover Sacrifices? --Bibliography

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Chapter 1: Editorial Introduction The Study of Religion in Israeli Social Science -- 2 Chapter 2: Sociological Analyses of Religion -- 3 Chapter 3: Dimensions of Jewish Religiosity -- Part II: Political Dimensions of Israeli Judaism -- 4 Chapter 4: Jewish Civilization: Approaches to Problems of Israeli Society -- 5 Chapter 5: State Ceremonies of Israel: Remembrance Day and Independence Day -- 6 Chapter 6: Religious Adherence and Political Attitudes -- 7 Chapter 7: Religion in the Israeli Discourse on the Arab-Jewish Conflict -- 8 Life Tradition and Book Tradition in the Development of Ultraorthodox Judaism -- 9 Ultraorthodox Jewish Women -- Part IV: Nationalist Orthodoxy -- 10 Religious Kibbutzim: Judaism and Modernization -- 11 A Mystic-Messianic Interpretation of Modem Israeli History: The Six-Day War in the Religious Culture of Gush Emunim -- Part V: The Sephardic Pattern -- 12 The Religiosity of Middle Eastern Jews -- 13 Secularization and the Diminishing Decline of Religion -- 14 Saints' Sanctuaries in Development Towns -- 15 The Religion of Elderly Oriental Jewish Women -- Part VI: Secularism and Reform -- 16 Hanukkah and the Myth of the Maccabees in Ideology and in Society -- 17 Death Customs in a Non-Religious Kibbutz -- 18 Americans in the Israeli Reform and Conservative Denominations -- 19 Religion and Democracy in Israel -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Authors

For many years Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) has been the object of intense debate. After her bitter critiques of Zionism, which seemed to nullify her early involvement with that movement, and her extremely controversial Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), Arendt became virtually a taboo figure in Israeli and Jewish circles. Challenging the "curse" of her own title, Hannah Arendt in Jerusalem carries the scholarly investigation of this much-discussed writer to the very place where her ideas have been most conspicuously ignored. Sometimes sympathetically, sometimes critically, these distinguished contributors reexamine crucial aspects of Arendt's life and thought: her complex identity as a German Jew; her commitment to and critique of Zionism and the state of Israel; her works on "totalitarianism," Nazism, and the Eichmann trial; her relationship to key twentieth-century intellectuals; her intimate and tense connections to German culture; and her reworkings of political thought and philosophy in the light of the experience of the twentieth century

FROM THE BOOK:"The pit I was ordered to dig had the precise dimensions of a casket. The NKVD officer carefully designed it. He measured my size with a stick, made lines on the forest floor, and told me to dig. He wanted to make sure I'd fit well inside."In 1941 Janusz Bardach's death sentence was commuted to ten years' hard labor and he was sent to Kolyma-the harshest, coldest, and most deadly prison in Joseph Stalin's labor camp system-the Siberia of Siberias. The only English-language memoir since the fall of communism to chronicle the atrocities committed during the Stalinist regime, Bardach's gripping testimony explores the darkest corners of the human condition at the same time that it documents the tyranny of Stalin's reign, equal only to that of Hitler. With breathtaking immediacy, a riveting eye for detail, and a humanity that permeates the events and landscapes he describes, Bardach recounts the extraordinary story of this nearly inconceivable world.The story begins with the Nazi occupation when Bardach, a young Polish Jew inspired by Soviet Communism, crosses the border of Poland to join the ranks of the Red Army. His ideals are quickly shattered when he is arrested, court-martialed, and sentenced to death. How Bardach survives an endless barrage of brutality-from a near-fatal beating to the harsh conditions and slow starvation of the gulag existence-is a testament to human endurance under the most oppressive circumstances. Besides being of great historical significance, Bardach's narrative is a celebration of life and a vital affirmation of what it means to be human

Part I. The general background : The broader context of liberal religion -- Part II. The Abrahamic religions : Liberal Judaism -- Liberal Protestantism -- Liberalism in the Roman Catholic Church -- Liberal Islam

"In October 2018, a white supremacist murdered eleven Jewish worshipers and wounded six others at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the deadliest attack on Jews ever perpetrated in the United States. The gunman's motivation to kill Jews stemmed from his belief that Jews were committing "genocide" against white Americans. Although his animosity was motivated by a racial conception of Jews, the attack took place in a house of worship, illustrating the complex and interlocking web of anti-Jewish hatred based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, economic issues, and conspiracy theory that is commonly referred to as "antisemitism." What is Antisemitism? provides a detailed overview of this complex topic. It offers a history of anti-Jewish animosity from antiquity to the present; a discussion of the difficulties of defining antisemitism - arguably one of the most contentious issues in the contemporary discourse on the subject - and three case studies illustrating the diverse and wide-ranging nature of the phenomenon in the present-day, including examples from the political far right, the political hard left, and radical Islamism. With suggestions for further reading, discussion questions, a chronological structure, and a list of glossary terms, this volume is an accessible and essential student textbook"--

Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920 draws on a wealth of archival material, much of which has never been published-or even read-to illuminate the ways in which Jewish girls' adolescent experiences reflected larger issues relating to gender, ethnicity, religion, and education.Klapper explores the dual roles girls played as agents of acculturation and guardians of tradition. Their search for an identity as American girls that would not require the abandonment of Jewish tradition and culture mirrored the struggle of their families and communities for integration into American society.While focusing on their lives as girls, not the adults they would later become, Klapper draws on the papers of such figures as Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah; Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Showboat; and Marie Syrkin, literary critic and Zionist. Klapper also analyzes the diaries, memoirs, and letters of hundreds of other girls whose later lives and experiences have been lost to history.Told in an engaging style and filled with colorful "es, the book brings to life a neglected group of fascinating historical figures during a pivotal moment in the development of gender roles, adolescence, and the modern American Jewish community

The term ´Judeo-Christian` in reference to a tradition, heritage, ethic, civilization, faith etc. has been used in a wide variety of contexts with widely diverging meanings. Contrary to popular belief, the term was not coined in the United States in the middle of the 20th century but in 1831 in Germany by Ferdinand Christian Baur. By acknowledging and returning to this European perspective and context, the volume engages the historical, theological, philosophical and political dimensions of the term`s development. Scholars of European intellectual history will find this volume timely and relevant.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mobilization -- 2. Advocacy and Activism -- 3. Fundraising and Philanthropy -- 4. Tourism and Immigration -- 5. Attitudes and Attachment -- 6. Direct Engagement -- Appendix. List of Organizations -- Glossary of Hebrew Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Twelve distinguished historians, political theorists, and literary critics present new perspectives on multiculturalism in this important collection. Central to the essays (all but one is appearing in print for the first time) is the question of how the Jewish experience can challenge the conventional polar opposition between a majority "white monoculture" and a marginalized "minorities of color multiculture." This book takes issue with such a dichotomy by showing how experiences of American Jews can undo conventional categories. Neither a complaint against multiculturalism by Jews who feel excluded from it, nor a celebration of multiculturalism as the solution to contemporary Jewish problems, Insider/Outsider explores how the Jews' anomalous status opens up multicultural history in different and interesting directions. The goal of the editors has been to transcend the notion of "comparative victimology" and to show the value of a narrative that does not rely on competing histories of persecution. Readers can discover in these essays arguments that will broaden their understanding of Jewish identity and multicultural theory and will enliven the contemporary debate about American culture generally