The divided self : Israel and the Jewish psyche today

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The divided self : Israel and the Jewish psyche today

David J. Goldberg

I.B. Tauris, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-230) and index

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How should Jews respond to an age of militant Zionism and resurgent anti-Semitism? Is insisting on a separate sense of identity anachronistic and dangerous, or is it the only way of preserving the Jewish cultural heritage? Rabbi David Goldberg, one of today's most respected and outspoken Jewish leaders, grapples with the dilemmas of contemporary Jewishness with characteristic candour, and sketches the emerging faultlines in the Jewish sense of identity. He offers up a completely fresh reading of Jewish history, arguing that the narrative of relentless woe and suffering popularised by nineteenth-century writers, such as George Eliot was based on a highly selective reading of the past. Goldberg retraces the history of the Jews, and rejects the mythology of eternal victimhood. Instead, he focuses on the survival strategies that have been pursued throughout the centuries. He contrasts the pragmatic flexibility of the Jewish Diaspora with the military assertiveness of modern Israel. With wit, insight and compassion he highlights the growing gulf between Israeli and Diaspora Jewishness. Following G.B. Shaw's quip about Britain and America, Goldberg argues that Israeli and Diaspora Jews are in danger of becoming divided by a common heritage. This book will stimulate, engage and provoke readers of all beliefs and cultures.

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  • Introduction. 1. The Zionist version of Jewish history 2. Relativism and Absolutism in Biblical times 3. Dependency on more powerful neighbours 4. Learning the lessons of exile 5. The Roman disaster 6. The shifting groun of diaspora existence 7. Factors in survival 8. Emerging from the ghetto 9. Redefining the Jew 10. Zionists, Socialists, old Jews, 'new' Hebrews 11. Zionism for the few, integration for the many 12. The Golden Age of German Jewry 13. Liberal values and political realities 14. Zionism's radical demands 15. Holocaust survivors and Zionist incomprehension 16. From destruction in Europe to redemption in Israel 17. A false sense of security 18. Israel, the Diaspora and Likud 19. The sea change 20. From optimism to disillusionment 21. Taking stock
  • Israel and the diaspora today 22. 'The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing'

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