num_pages: 420
description: 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.
language: English
title: Jewish Identities: Fifty Intellectuals Answer Ben Gurion
titlecomplete: Jewish Identities: Fifty Intellectuals Answer Ben Gurion (Jewish Identities in a Changing World)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Brill Academic Pub