Jewish Polity And American Civil Society

Author : Alan Mittleman,Robert A. Licht,Jonathan D. Sarna
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0742521222

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Jewish Polity and American Civil Society by Alan Mittleman,Robert A. Licht,Jonathan D. Sarna Pdf

Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs. Over the course of the last century, Jewish agencies and religious movements have tried to shape public debate and public policy on such issues as civil rights, church-state relations, and American foreign policy. The book sets the history of Jewish engagement in these areas into historical context; analyzes the motives, strategies, and tactics of various Jewish groups, and evaluates their successes and failures. The book also explores the underlying idea--the public philosophy--that informs American Jews' understanding of civic and political engagement.

Author : David Verbeeten
Publisher : Northern Illinois University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501757860

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The Politics of Nonassimilation by David Verbeeten Pdf

Over the course of the twentieth century, Eastern European Jews in the United States developed a left-wing political tradition. Their political preferences went against a fairly broad correlation between upward mobility and increased conservatism or Republican partisanship. Many scholars have sought to explain this phenomenon by invoking antisemitism, an early working-class experience, or a desire to integrate into a universal social order. In this original study, David Verbeeten instead focuses on the ways in which left-wing ideologies and movements helped to mediate and preserve Jewish identity in the context of modern tendencies toward bourgeois assimilation and ethnic dissolution. Verbeeten pursues this line of inquiry through case studies that highlight the political activities and aspirations of three "generations" of American Jews. The life of Alexander Bittelman provides a lens to examine the first generation. Born in Ukraine in 1892, Bittelman moved to New York City in 1912 and went on to become a founder of the American Communist Party after World War I. Verbeeten explores the second generation by way of the American Jewish Congress, which came together in 1918 and launched significant campaigns against discrimination within civil society before, during, and especially after World War II. Finally, he considers the third generation in relation to the activist group New Jewish Agenda, which operated from 1980 to 1992 and was known for its advocacy of progressive causes and its criticism of particular Israeli governments and policies. By focusing on individuals and organizations that have not previously been subjects of extensive investigation, Verbeeten contributes original research to the fields of American, Jewish, intellectual, and radical history. His insightful study will appeal to specialists and general readers interested in those areas.

Author : Till van Rahden
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0299226948

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Jews and Other Germans by Till van Rahden Pdf

Examines the integration of Jews into German society between 1860-1925, taking as an example the city of Breslau (then Germany, now Wrocław, Poland). Questions whether there was a continuous line from the German treatment of Jews before World War I to Nazi antisemitism. During and after World War I, relations between Jews and non-Jews worsened and the high level of Jewish integration eroded between 1916-25. Although the constitution of the Weimar Republic accorded Jews equality, they experienced acts of violence and discrimination. Argues that antisemitism became stronger as the economic situation of the Jews deteriorated, due to inflation and the emigration to Germany of 4,273 impoverished Jews from Poland and Russia between 1919-23. Concludes, nevertheless, that no direct line can be drawn between the antisemitism in Imperial Germany and that of the Nazi period.

Author : Dan Schnur,Bruce Zuckerman
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781612493008

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American Politics and the Jewish Community by Dan Schnur,Bruce Zuckerman Pdf

At its broadest level, politics is the practice of making a community a better, safer, and more tolerant place to live. So it should be of no surprise that America's Jews have devoted themselves to civic engagement and the democratic process. From before the Revolutionary War to the early twenty-first century, when America saw the first Jewish vice presidential nominee of a major party and the first Jewish Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Jewish community has always devoted itself to public service, issue advocacy, and involvement in politics and government at every level. While strong support for the safety and security of the state of Israel has been a hallmark of US foreign policy since Israel's founding, it is by no means the only policy area in which American Jews are involved. Nor are American Jews monolithic in their politics. Although the Jewish community has become a reliable part of the Democratic Party's base in most partisan elections, American Jews represent a wide range of ideologies on most economic and foreign policy matters. In addition to becoming leaders in business and labor, in academia and in philanthropy, Jewish Americans have always helped shape the discussion over the issues that form the country's future. In this volume, a mix of professors, graduate students, and lay people in the field of politics with a breadth of experience debate some central questions: Is Israel still the most important policy concern for American Jews? Why does the Jewish community vote Democratic in such overwhelming numbers? Can American Jews balance economic, security and human rights concerns in a rapidly changing international community? And how will such profound transformations affect the role of America's Jewish community as the United States seeks out its own role in domestic and global politics?

Author : David Sorkin,Professor David (Professor) Sorkin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691205250

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Jewish Emancipation by David Sorkin,Professor David (Professor) Sorkin Pdf

The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern world For all their unquestionable importance, the Holocaust and the founding of the State of Israel now loom so large in modern Jewish history that we have mostly lost sight of the fact that they are only part of—and indeed reactions to—the central event of that history: emancipation. In this book, David Sorkin seeks to reorient Jewish history by offering the first comprehensive account in any language of the process by which Jews became citizens with civil and political rights in the modern world. Ranging from the mid-sixteenth century to the beginning of the twenty-first, Jewish Emancipation tells the ongoing story of how Jews have gained, kept, lost, and recovered rights in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the United States, and Israel. Emancipation, Sorkin shows, was not a one-time or linear event that began with the Enlightenment or French Revolution and culminated with Jews' acquisition of rights in Central Europe in 1867–71 or Russia in 1917. Rather, emancipation was and is a complex, multidirectional, and ambiguous process characterized by deflections and reversals, defeats and successes, triumphs and tragedies. For example, American Jews mobilized twice for emancipation: in the nineteenth century for political rights, and in the twentieth for lost civil rights. Similarly, Israel itself has struggled from the start to institute equality among its heterogeneous citizens. By telling the story of this foundational but neglected event, Jewish Emancipation reveals the lost contours of Jewish history over the past half millennium.

Author : Hasia R. Diner,Shira M. Kohn,Rachel Kranson
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813547916

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A Jewish Feminine Mystique? by Hasia R. Diner,Shira M. Kohn,Rachel Kranson Pdf

Shira Kohn and Rachel Kranson are doctoral candidates in New York University's joint Ph. D. program in history and Hebrew and Judaic studies --Book Jacket.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004289819

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Issues in Religion and Education by Anonim Pdf

Issues in Religion and Education, Whose Religion? is a contribution to the dynamic and evolving global debates about the role of religion in public education. It provides a cross-section of the debates over religion.

Author : Derek H. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190208783

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The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States by Derek H. Davis Pdf

Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex. Scholars working in this area have backgrounds in law, religious studies, history, theology, and politics, among other fields. Historically, they have focused on particular angles or dimensions of the church-state relationship, because the field is so vast. The results have mostly been monographs that focus only on narrow cross-sections of the field, and the few works that do aim to give larger perspectives are reference works of factual compendia, which offer little or no analysis. The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States fills this gap, presenting an extensive, multidimensional overview of the field. Twenty-one essays offer a scholarly look at the intricacies and past and current debates that frame the American system of church and state, within five main areas: history, law, theology/philosophy, politics, and sociology. These essays provide factual accounts, but also address issues, problems, debates, controversies, and, where appropriate, suggest resolutions. They also offer analysis of the range of interpretations of the subject offered by various American scholars. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for the study of church-state relations in the United States.

Author : Daniel Judah Elazar,Stuart Cohen
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0253331560

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The Jewish Polity by Daniel Judah Elazar,Stuart Cohen Pdf

Author : Fred A. Lazin
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739161418

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The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics by Fred A. Lazin Pdf

Until 1989 most Soviet Jews wanting to immigrate to the United States left on visas for Israel via Vienna. In Vienna, with the assistance of American aid organizations, thousands of Soviet Jews transferred to Rome and applied for refugee entry into the United States. The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics examines the conflict between the Israeli government and the organized American Jewish community over the final destination of Soviet Jewish ZmigrZs between 1967 and 1989.

Author : Laura Jane Gifford,Daniel K. Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137014795

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The Right Side of the Sixties by Laura Jane Gifford,Daniel K. Williams Pdf

The 1960s were a transformative era for American politics, but much is still unknown about the growth of conservatism during the period when it was radically reshaped and became the national political force that it is today. In their efforts to chronicle the national politicians and organizations that led the movement, previous histories have often neglected local perspectives, the role of religion, transnational exchange, and other aspects that help to explain conservatism's enduring influence in American politics. Taken together, the contributions gathered here offer a cutting-edge synthesis that incorporates these overlooked developments and provides new insights into the way that the 1960s shaped the trajectory of postwar conservatism.

Author : John R. Stumme,Robert W. Tuttle
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451417489

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Church and State by John R. Stumme,Robert W. Tuttle Pdf

In an age marked by controversy over public support of religious schools, federal encouragement of religious providers of social services, and sexuality education, the whole arena of church-state relations appears in flux. In this volume, seven experts probe the meaning of religion in public life for Christians when the "Protestant establishment" has given way to pervasive religious pluralism and a growing secularism. Working specifically out of Lutheran traditions, the authors probe the deeper legal, moral, and religious questions at issue in the current debate. They not only rethink classical sources about law and gospel and two-kingdoms theory but also resurrect neglected resources for Christian civil resistance. They then look to contemporary developments and show how functional interaction of church and state is compatible with their strong institutional separation. Finally, three chapters probe the most hotly contested First Amendment questions: religious liberty, education, and land use.

Author : Christopher Buck
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313359606

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Religious Myths and Visions of America by Christopher Buck Pdf

At the heart of American studies is the idea of America itself. Here, Buck looks at the religious significance of America by examining those religions that have attached some kind of spiritual meaning to America. The author explores how American Protestantism-and nine minority faiths-have projected America into the mainstream of world history by defining-and by redefining-America's world role. Surveying the religious myths and visions of America of ten religions, Buck shows how minority faiths have redefined America's sense of national purpose. This book invites serious reflection on what it means to be an American, particularly from a religious perspective. Religious myths of America are thought-orienting narratives that serve as vehicles of spiritual and social truths about the United States itself. Religious visions of America are action-oriented agendas that articulate the goals to which America should aspire and the role it should play in the community of nations. Buck examines the distinctive perspectives held by ten religious traditions that inform and expand on the notion of America, and its place in the world. He covers Native American, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Christian Identity, Black Muslim, Islamic, Buddhist, and Baha'i beliefs and invites serious reflection on what it means to be an American, particularly from a religious perspective.

Author : Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, PhD
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580235990

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Judaism and Justice by Rabbi Sidney Schwarz, PhD Pdf

The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health. “For Jews, religion and medicine (and science) are not inherently in conflict, even within the Torah-observant community, but rather can be friendly partners in the pursuit of wholesome ends, such as truth, healing and the advancement of humankind.” —from the Introduction This authoritative volume—part professional handbook, part scholarly resource and part source of practical information for laypeople—melds the seemingly disparate elements of Judaism and health into a truly multidisciplinary collective, enhancing the work within each area and creating new possibilities for synergy across disciplines. It is ideal for medical and healthcare providers, rabbis, educators, academic scholars, healthcare researchers and caregivers, congregational leaders and laypeople with an interest in the most recent and most exciting developments in this new, important field.

Author : DAVID LEVINSON,KAREN CHRISTENSEN
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 2045 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761925989

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Encyclopedia of Community by DAVID LEVINSON,KAREN CHRISTENSEN Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Community is a major four volume reference work that seeks to define one of the most widely researched topics in the behavioural and social sciences. Community itself is a concept, an experience, and a central part of being human. This pioneering major reference work seeks to provide the necessary definitions of community far beyond the traditional views.