Book Summary
Who and what is a Jew? Is there any common denominator between an ultra-Orthodox rabbi of an Israeli North African community and a Berkeley academic of the Movement for a Secular and Humanistic Judaism? Do Jews the world over convergre and emphasize their unity or do they share contrasting concepts of collective identity? Part I of this book presents a systematic discussion of Jewish identities in this era of (post)modernity. The opportunity is offered by a set of invaluable texts, which appear in Part II. These texts about Jewish identity were invited, in 1958, by Ben-Gurion from 50 intellectuals - rabbis, writers, scientists and lawyers -, from the Diaspora and Israel, representative of the principal streams of contemporary Jewish thought.
Book Details
| Book Name | Jewish Identities: Fifty Intellectuals Answer Ben-Gurion |
| Author | Eliezer Ben-rafael |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers (Jan 2002) |
| ISBN | 9789004125353 |
| Pages | 394 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3092 |