To be a Jewish state : Zionism as the New Judaism / Yaacov Yadgar.
2025
DS149 .Y3174 2024
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To be a Jewish state : Zionism as the New Judaism / Yaacov Yadgar.
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9781479832439
147983243X
147983243X
Published
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2025]
Copyright
2024
Language
English
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In English.
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10.18574/nyu/9781479832439.001.0001 doi
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DS149 .Y3174 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.54095694
Summary
Examines the meaning of Jewish politics in IsraelIn one of the first books to ask head-on what it means for Israel to be a Jewish state, Yaacov Yadgar delves into what the designation "Jewish" amounts to in the context of the sovereign nation-state, and what it means for the politics of the state to be identified as Jewish. The volume interrogates the tension between the notion of Israel as a Jewish state--one whose very character is informed by Judaism--and the notion of Israel as a "state of the Jews," with the sole criterion the maintenance of a demographically Jewish majority, whatever the character of that majority's Jewishness might or might not be.The volume also examines Zionism's relationship to Judaism. It provocatively questions whether the Christian notion of supersessionism, the idea that the Christian Church has superseded the nation of Israel in God's eyes and that Christians are now the true People of God, may now be applied to Zionism, with Zionism understood by some to have taken over the place of traditional Judaism, rendering the actual Jewish religion superfluous. To Be a Jewish State deeply informs the democratic crisis in Israel, discussing whether Jewish laws put into effect by the state or political moves made to ensure a Jewish majority can be seen as undermining democracy. In our current era, with nationalism resurging, To Be a Jewish State urges a critical re-assessment of the very meaning of modern Jewish identity.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: Studying Israel to Interrogate Nation-Statism
1 The Jewish State versus the Jews' State
2 Zionism as Supersessionism
3 Israeli Nostalgia
4 Redemption Politics
5 A Jewish Reaction to Zionist Supersessionism
Conclusion: Reclaiming "Tribalism"
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Introduction: Studying Israel to Interrogate Nation-Statism
1 The Jewish State versus the Jews' State
2 Zionism as Supersessionism
3 Israeli Nostalgia
4 Redemption Politics
5 A Jewish Reaction to Zionist Supersessionism
Conclusion: Reclaiming "Tribalism"
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author