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#IsraeliJudaism: Portrait of a Cultural Revolution Paperback – August 29, 2019
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- Print length282 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 29, 2019
- Dimensions6 x 0.71 x 9 inches
- ISBN-109657549264
- ISBN-13978-9657549261
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- Publisher : The Jewish People Policy Institute (August 29, 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 282 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9657549264
- ISBN-13 : 978-9657549261
- Item Weight : 14.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.71 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,310,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #766 in Jewish Social Studies
- #4,051 in Jewish History (Books)
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Two things to look out for in particular for the non-Israeli reader:
1) The chapter comparing data around Israeli Jews and Diaspora Jews is a great basis to reboot the debate around the changing relationship between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora (particularly in North America).
2) For the first time there is a look at how Israeli the Haredim are in practice (as opposed to narrative).
Following the recent election that more strongly put Jewish and Israeli identity questions at the top of the agenda, anyone looking to dig a little deeper will find this book a must read.
I strongly suggest this book for both those with a casual interest in the subject as well as people directly involved in the evolution of IsraeliJudaism on the ground or those trying to understand the growing divide between Israeli and American Jews in terms of culture and practice.
For my line of thinking, see the work of Emile Durkheim, an investigator from a rabbinical family who founded a French university tradition, and Franz Boas, Jewish emigrant from the German university who founded the American anti-race science.
But Shmuel Rosner and Camil Fuchs didn't ask me. They asked a few thousand Israelis hundreds of questions about these three dualities, twice. The book explains the project then presents analysis, followed by appendices giving the questionnaire and statistical summary of responses.
It is a book, but honest about its origins and intentions as a white paper from a policy institute. The only name I recognize on the board of directors is Elliott Abrams,
which confirms my sense that the Jewish People Policy Institute sits somewhere as the Brookings Institution or the Social Science Research Council do in the United States.
You don't have to agree with them but they aren't going to lie to you. And, unlike the Council on Foreign Relations, they aren't going to waste your time.
The research and publication of course first took place in Hebrew. The book appears in fine English but without accommodation to those for whom Jerusalem or at least Tel Aviv are not the center of the world.
I had to look up a name or a reference sometimes once or twice a page for several pages running. This was great, exactly what I read for, getting a different sense of how things look and what to assume.
You would have to read the book yourself to get that experience. I recommend it. In general, what I take away is that almost nothing that is important to them over there is what we hear about over here.
Which is as it should be, and why I wish the friends of Israel would in turn keep their noses out of our business. The only good thing I can say about the firing of Steven Salaita for expressing a widespread opinion about Israel
is that in learning his thought, which is his own but thin, I have followed through on learning more about the rich and thick world of the nation he opposes.