The case for Jewish peoplehood
Subtitle: can we be one?
By: Erica Brown and Misha Galperin ; foreword by Joseph Telushkin.
Contributors: Galperin, Misha.
Edition: Special UJC general assembly 2008 ed.
Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781580233927
Subjects: Jews -- Identity; Jews -- United States -- Identity; Jews -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Jews -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Israel and the diaspora
Description: "A meaningful and robust collective notion of Jewish identity today ensures strong Jewish continuity for tomorrow. The key to strong Jewish continuity is a shared identity characterized by joint assumptions, certain expressions, and a host of familial-like behaviors that unite an otherwise disparate group of people. But how do we get a Jewish community splintered by factionalism and ideological divides to feel collectively attached to each other as part of a global family? And, how do we do this without sacrificing the universal concerns that extend far beyond communal boundaries? In this important and inspiring statement on peoplehood, Drs. Erica Brown and Misha Galperin set out to find the meaningful and overarching reason for involvement in the Jewish legacy, tradition and people that can hold us all, no matter our backgrounds."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Defining peoplehood; title: Collective Jewish identity; title: Constructing a personal Jewish identity; title: Pro-choice Judaism: are there too many identity options?; title: Membership and boundaries; title: Peoplehood and intermarriage; title: Jewish literacy and the peoplehood prerogative; title: Irreconcilable differences?: Jewish and Israeli identity; title: Stepping across the generational divide; title: Dreams, desired outcomes, and the Jewish future.