A time to speak out
Subtitle: independent Jewish voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish identity
By: edited by Anne Karpf ... [et al.].
Contributors: Karpf, Anne.; Independent Jewish Voices.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781844672295
Subjects: Jews -- Identity; Zionism; Arab-Israeli conflict
Description: In A Time to Speak Out, a collection of strong Jewish voices, drawing on an established tradition of Jewish dissidence, come together to explore some of the most challenging issues facing diaspora Jews, notably in relation to the ongoing conflict in Israel-Palestine. Nearly all contributors were associated with the Independent Jewish Voices declaration which, when launched in Britain in 2007, opened a floodgate of responses. This book bears witness to the urgency of that continuing debate. With articles on such topics as international law, the Holocaust, varieties of Zionism, self-hatred, the multiplicity of Jewish identities, and human rights, these essays provide powerful evidence of the vitality of independent Jewish opinion as well as demonstrating that criticism of Israel has a crucial role to play in the continuing history of a Jewish concern for social justice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The occupation : is it legal? / Geoffrey Bindman; title: Solidarity at a distance and dreams of peace / Lynne Segal; title: Occupation, human rights and the quest for peace / Tony Klug; title: The virtual reality of Israeli universities / Stan Cohen; title: Beyond lesser evils / Eyal Weizman; title: South Africa and Israel : a dialogue / Gillian Slovo; title: A student's story / Emma Clyne; title: On the myth of self-hatred / Jacqueline Rose; title: The new antisemitism / Richard Kuper; title: The 'Arab Nazi' and the 'Nazi Jew' / Anne Karpf; title: A cautionary tale / Abe Hayeem; title: Speaking out : if not now, when? / D. D. Guttenplan; title: Answering the critics / Anthony Isaacs; title: Touching a raw nerve / Antony Lerman; title: The blogging wars / Richard Silverstein; title: Lessons from history / Francesca Klug; title: Living in error / Howard Cooper; title: Paths of peace : a personal trajectory / Anthony Rudolf; title: 'You shall not follow a multitude to do evil' / Jeremy Montagu; title: Last straws / Michael Kustow; title: The Jews and the left / Mike Marqusee; title: Self-determination in the Diaspora / Julia Bard; title: Identity / Donald Sassoon; title: Cousins / Gabriel Josipovici; title: Being an Iraqi and a Jew / Sami Zubaida; title: The view from Australia / Antony Loewenstein; title: A time to move on / Brian Klug.