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A threat from within : a century of Jewish opposition to Zionism / Yakov M. Rabkin.
- Title
- A threat from within : a century of Jewish opposition to Zionism / Yakov M. Rabkin.
- Author
- Rabkin, Yakov M.
- Publication
- Black Point, N.S. : Fernwood, c2006.
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| Text | Request in advance | DS149 .R24413 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 261 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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 $1 (Bs world of mobile identities.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Translation of: Au nom de la Torah.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface -- Joseph Agassi -- Prologue -- Historical Signposts -- A New Identity -- Land of Israel between Exile and Return -- Use of Force -- Collaboration with the Zionists: Limits and Opportunities -- Zionism, the Shoah and Israel -- Prophecies of Destruction and Strategies of Survival -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 1552661717 (pbk.) :
- 1842776983 (hbk.)
- 1842776991 (pbk.)
- 9781842776988 (hbk.)
- 9781842776995 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 61127883
- SCSB-11803993
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library