Authors: Yakov M. Rabkin, Fred A. Reed (Translator), Yakov M. Rabkin
ISBN-13: 9781842776995, ISBN-10: 1842776991
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Zed Books
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Yakov M Rabkin is Professor of History at the University of Montreal.
There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. These words by the poet Leonard Cohen could aptly describe this book, which takes history as a witness to the exceptional nature of Zionism in Jewish history. It explains many points of discord between the political ideology of Zionism and what most people consider Judaism. It also shows how Jewish traditional conscience offers a hope for the solution of the Middle East crisis. The conflicts in Israel/Palestine acquire a different meaning when seen in the context of Jewish opposition to Zionism. This book has attracted Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike who find this story inspiring in today's world of mobile identities.
Ch. 1 | Orientations | 5 |
Ch. 2 | A new identity | 22 |
Ch. 3 | The land of Israel : exile and return | 64 |
Ch. 4 | The use of force | 93 |
Ch. 5 | Collaboration and its limits | 135 |
Ch. 6 | Zionism, the Shoah and the state of Israel | 168 |
Ch. 7 | Prophecies of destruction and strategies for survival | 194 |