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Wrestling with Zionism : Jewish voices of dissent / by Daphna Levit.

by Levit, Daphna.

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Olive Branch Press, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2020.

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Zionism -- History.

Judaism and politics.

Jewish-Arab relations -- History.

Dissenters -- Israel -- Biography.

Israel -- History.

Israel -- Politics and government.

Palestine -- History.

Palestine -- Politics and government.

9781623719494 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Jewish voices of dissent

218 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-215) and index.

Desire for a homeland and the birth of Zionism: Theodor Herzl and Ahad Ha-am -- Spiritual and secular Jewish concerns about the creation of a state: Martin Buber and Albert Einstein -- Challenging the pillar of the Zionist political narrative: Hannah Arendt -- The conscience of Israel: Yeshayadu Leibowitz -- Fading hopes for the great democratic Jewish promise: Noam Chomsky and Tanya Reinhart -- The inner conflict of a "Super Zionist": Zeev Sternhell -- Inside the turmoil since 1948: Uri Avnery and Tikva Honig-Parnass -- The question of Judaism versus the Zionist narrative: Shlomo Sand and Tom Segev -- The new historians: Simha Flapan, Baruch Kimmerling, Benny Morris, and Avi Shlaim -- Battles in academia, the press, and the courts: Ilan Pappé, Gideon Levy, Amira Hass, Michael Sfard and allies.

Daphna Levit amplifies the voices of twenty-one Jewish and Israeli thinkers--scholars, theologians, journalists, lawyers, activists--who have grappled with the evolution of Zionism since its inception on political, religious, cultural, ethical, or philosophical grounds. Beginning in the late-nineteenth century, well before the founding of the State of Israel, and surveying pioneering figures up until the present, she introduces, examines, and brings together a range of contrasting viewpoints into a single historical conversation. As well, with these portraits she honors a tradition of intellectual inquiry and activism, rooted in Jewish ethical imperatives.

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