The Making of Modern Jewish Identity: Ideological Change and Religious Conversion

ISBN-13: 9780367135959 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 172 str.

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Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Moving Away From Communism: The Case of Arthur Koestler  2. "Is it good for the Jews?" The Conversion of Norman Podhoretz, Editor of Commentary magazine, from the New Left to Neoconservatism  3. From Anti-Zionist Orthodoxy to Messianic Religious Zionist: the Case of Yissachar Shlomo Teichtel  4. From Spiritual Conversion to Ideological Conversion: The Quest of Ruth Ben-David  5. The "Deconversion" of Haim Herman Cohn: A Model of Secular Religion  6. Avraham (Avrum) Burg between Religious Zionism and Post-Zionism  Concluding remarks