To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism by Yadgar, Yaacov
To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism by Yadgar, Yaacov

To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism

Examines the meaning of Jewish politics in Israel In one of the first books to ask head-on...
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Author: Yaacov Yadgar
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Language: English
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To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism by Yadgar, Yaacov

To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism

CHF 61.76
To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism by Yadgar, Yaacov

To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism

CHF 61.76
Author: Yaacov Yadgar
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Examines the meaning of Jewish politics in Israel

In one of the first books to ask head-on what it means for Israel to be a Jewish state, Yaacov Yadgar delves into what the designation "Jewish" amounts to in the context of the sovereign nation-state, and what it means for the politics of the state to be identified as Jewish. The volume interrogates the tension between the notion of Israel as a Jewish state--one whose very character is informed by Judaism--and the notion of Israel as a "state of the Jews," with the sole criterion the maintenance of a demographically Jewish majority, whatever the character of that majority's Jewishness might or might not be.

The volume also examines Zionism's relationship to Judaism. It provocatively questions whether the Christian notion of supersessionism, the idea that the Christian Church has superseded the nation of Israel in God's eyes and that Christians are now the true People of God, may now be applied to Zionism, with Zionism understood by some to have taken over the place of traditional Judaism, rendering the actual Jewish religion superfluous.

To Be a Jewish State deeply informs the democratic crisis in Israel, discussing whether Jewish laws put into effect by the state or political moves made to ensure a Jewish majority can be seen as undermining democracy. In our current era, with nationalism resurging, To Be a Jewish State urges a critical re-assessment of the very meaning of modern Jewish identity.

Author: Yaacov Yadgar
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 11/19/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.06h x 5.98w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781479832408

About the Author
Yaacov Yadgar is the Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis: State and Politics in the Middle East.
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