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The necessity of exile : essays from a distance
Author
Title
The necessity of exile : essays from a distance / Shaul Magid.
ISBN
9798986780313
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Brooklyn, New York : Ayin Press, [2023]
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
311 pages : 21 cm
Summary
"What is exile? What is diaspora? What is Zionism? Jewish identity today has been shaped by prior generations' answers to these questions, and the future of Jewish life will depend on how we respond to them in our own time. In The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance, celebrated rabbi and scholar Shaul Magid offers an essential contribution to this intergenerational process, inviting us to rethink our current moment through religious and political resources from the Jewish tradition. On many levels, Zionism was conceived as an attempt to "end the exile" of the Jewish people, both politically and theologically. In a series of incisive essays, Magid challenges us to consider the price of diminishing or even erasing the exilic character of Jewish life. A thought-provoking work of political imagination, The Necessity of Exile reclaims exile as a positive stance for constructive Jewish engagement with Israel/Palestine, antisemitism, diaspora, and a broken world in need of repair"-- Back cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2024
Contents
Has Zionism exhausted itself? : a critique of liberal Zionism
My tragic love affair with Zionism
How to separate Jewishness from Zionism, or, Israel after Zionism
On Jews, un-Jews, and anti-Jews : resetting an old table
The grand collaboration : where the boycott and settlement movements unwittingly work towards the same end
Who owns the Holy Land? : thoughts on homeland, rights, and ownership
Are the Jews an oppressed people today? : thoughts on antisemitism and oppression
Exile in the land : the religious post-Zionism of Rav Shagar
The necessity of exile : reading exile back into Jewish history
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Subjects
Genre/Form
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies.
Essays.
Religious materials.
Matériel religieux.
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