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1 online resource (ix, 172 pages) |
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Routledge Jewish studies series |
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Routledge Jewish studies series.
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| Contents |
Moving away from communism: the case of Arthur Koestler -- "Is it good for the Jews?" The conversion of Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary Magazine, from the new left to neoconservativism -- From anti-Zionist orthodoxy to messianic religious Zionist: the case of Yissachar Shlomo Teichtel -- From spiritual conversion to ideological conversion: the quest -- The "Deconversion" of Haim Herman Cohn: a model of secular religion -- Avraham (Avrum) Burg between Religious-Zionism and Post-Zionism -- Concluding remarks |
| Summary |
"This volume explores the processes that led several modern Jewish leaders - rabbis, politicians, and intellectuals - to make radical changes to their ideology regarding Zionism, Socialism, and Orthodoxy. Comparing their ideological change to acts of conversion, the study examines the philosophical, sociological, and psychological path of the leaders' transformation. The individuals examined are: novelist Arthur Koestler, transformed from a devout Communist to an anti-Communist crusader following the atrocities of the Stalin regime; Norman Podhoretz, editor of Commentary Magazine, moved from the New Left to neo-Conservative, disillusioned by US liberal politics; Yissachar Shlomo Teichtel, transformed from an ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist Hungarian rabbi to messianic Religious-Zionist due to the events of the Holocaust; Ruth Ben-David, converted to Judaism after the Second World War in France because of her sympathy with Zionism, eventually becoming a radical anti-Israeli advocate; Haim Herman Cohn, Israeli Supreme Court Justice, grew up as a non-Zionist Orthodox Jew in Germany, later renouncing his belief in God due to the events of the Holocaust; and Avraham (Avrum) Burg, prominent centrist Israeli politician who served as the Speaker of the Knesset and head of the Jewish Agency, later became a post-Zionist. Comparing aspects of modern politics to religion, the book will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of areas including modern Jewish studies, sociology of religion and political science."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Motti Inbari is an Associate Professor of Religion at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. An expert in the study of Jewish Orthodoxy, his books include Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount (2009), Messianic Religious Zionism Confronts Israeli Territorial Compromises (2012), and Jewish Radical Ultra-Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity, Zionism and Women's Equality (2016) |
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Print version record |
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Jews -- Identity.
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Jews -- Politics and government.
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Jews -- Social conditions.
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Judaism -- History.
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Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Jewish Studies.
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Conversion -- Judaism
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Jews -- Identity
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Jews -- Politics and government
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Jews -- Social conditions
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Judaism
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429648595 |
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0429648596 |
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9780429027390 |
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0429027397 |
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9780429645952 |
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0429645953 |
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9780429651236 |
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0429651236 |
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