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Why Antisemitism?: A Translation of the Remnant of Israel »

Authors: Naphtali Zevi Judah Berlin, Rabbi Naphtali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, Howard S. Joseph
ISBN-13: 9781568215211, ISBN-10: 1568215215
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: May 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Naphtali Zevi Judah Berlin

Howard S. Joseph is a graduate of Yeshiva University, where he was ordained by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and received a master of Hebrew literature degree from the Bernard Revel Graduate School.

Book Synopsis

She'ar Yisrael, The Remnant of Israel, by Rabbi Naphtali Zvi Yehuda Berlin (1816-1893), is one of the earliest works by a Jewish scholar to address the question of antisemitism. Rabbi Berlin, more popularly referred to as the Neziv, was the most important leader of the yeshivah world in his era.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	The Remnant of Israel	1
	Preface	3
1	The Question and the Response: Why Antisemitism?	5
2	Two Types of Danger	11
3	The Covenant with Abraham	15
4	The Workings of Providence	21
5	Israel Must Be True to Itself	29
6	Israel and the Nations	33
7	Israel's Failure	37
8	Torah Study and Survival	43
9	Study and Worship	53
10	Support for Learning	59
11	The Torah Personality	65
12	Scholars as Warriors	73
13	Redemption	77
	Conclusion	81
	Notes	83
	Index	91