When Jews Argue

Author : Ethan B. Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000969542

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When Jews Argue by Ethan B. Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits Pdf

This book re-thinks the relationship between the world of the traditional Jewish study hall (the Beit Midrash) and the academy: Can these two institutions overcome their vast differences? Should they attempt to do so? If not, what could two methods of study seen as diametrically opposed possibly learn from one another? How might they help each other reconceive their interrelationship, themselves, and the broader study of Jews and Judaism? This book begins with three distinct approaches to these challenges. The chapters then follow the approaches through an interdisciplinary series of pioneering case studies that reassess a range of topics including religion and pluralism in Jewish education; pain, sexual consent, and ethics in the Talmud; the place of reason and devotion among Jewish thinkers as diverse as Moses Mendelssohn, Jacob Taubes, Sarah Schenirer, Ibn Chiquitilla, Yair Ḥayim Bacharach, and the Rav Shagar; and Jewish law as a response to the post-Holocaust landscape. The authors are scholars of rabbinics, history, linguistics, philosophy, law, and education, many of whom also have traditional religious training or ordination. The result is a book designed for learned scholars, non-specialists, and students of varying backgrounds, and one that is sure to spark debate in the university, the Beit Midrash, and far beyond.

Author : Ethan B. Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000969566

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When Jews Argue by Ethan B. Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits Pdf

This book re-thinks the relationship between the world of the traditional Jewish study hall (the Beit Midrash) and the academy: Can these two institutions overcome their vast differences? Should they attempt to do so? If not, what could two methods of study seen as diametrically opposed possibly learn from one another? How might they help each other reconceive their interrelationship, themselves, and the broader study of Jews and Judaism? This book begins with three distinct approaches to these challenges. The chapters then follow the approaches through an interdisciplinary series of pioneering case studies that reassess a range of topics including religion and pluralism in Jewish education; pain, sexual consent, and ethics in the Talmud; the place of reason and devotion among Jewish thinkers as diverse as Moses Mendelssohn, Jacob Taubes, Sarah Schenirer, Ibn Chiquitilla, Yair Ḥayim Bacharach, and the Rav Shagar; and Jewish law as a response to the post-Holocaust landscape. The authors are scholars of rabbinics, history, linguistics, philosophy, law, and education, many of whom also have traditional religious training or ordination. The result is a book designed for learned scholars, non-specialists, and students of varying backgrounds, and one that is sure to spark debate in the university, the Beit Midrash, and far beyond.

Author : Ethan Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735179663

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Jewish Law Association Studies XXXI by Ethan Katz,Sergey Dolgopolski,Elisha Ancselovits Pdf

Author : Anson Laytner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Covenants
ISBN : 9780765760258

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Arguing with God by Anson Laytner Pdf

As an old proverb puts it, "Two Jews, three opinions." In the long, rich, tumultuous history of the Jewish people, this characteristic contentiousness has often been extended even unto Heaven. Arguing with God is a highly original and utterly absorbing study that skates along the edge of this theological thin ice--at times verging dangerously close to blasphemy--yet also a source of some of the most poignant and deeply soulful expressions of human anguish and yearning. The name Israel literally denotes one who "wrestles with God." And, from Jacob's battle with the angel to Elie Wiesel's haunting questions about the Holocaust that hang in the air like still smoke over our own age, Rabbi Laytner admirably details Judaism's rich and pervasive tradition of calling God to task over human suffering and experienced injustice. It is a tradition that originated in the biblical period itself. Abraham, Moses, Elijah, and others all petitioned for divine intervention in their lives, or appealed forcefully to God to alter His proposed decree. Other biblical arguments focused on personal or communal suffering and anger: Jeremiah, Job, and certain Psalms and Lamentations. Rabbi Laytner delves beneath the surface of these "blasphemies" and reveals how they implicitly helped to refute the claims of opponent religions and advance Jewish doctrines and teachings.

Author : Peter Cave,Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000045086

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Arguing about Judaism by Peter Cave,Dan Cohn-Sherbok Pdf

Arguing about Judaism differs from other introductions to Judaism. It is unique, not solely in its engaging dialogues between a Reform rabbi and a humanist, atheist philosopher, but also in its presentation of and challenges to the fundamental religious beliefs of the Jewish heritage and their relevance to today’s Jewish community. The dialogues contain both Jewish narratives and philosophical responses, with topics ranging from the nature of God to controversies over sexual relations, animal welfare and the environment — from antisemitism to the state of Israel and Zionism. Although the rabbi and philosopher argue strongly, clearly enjoying the cut and thrust of debate, they do so with sensitivity, charm and respect, revealing the rich intricacies of the Jewish religion and contemporary Jewish life. While essential reading for those studying Judaism and Jewish history, the book aims to stimulate debate more generally amongst Jews and non-Jews, the religious and the atheist — all those with a general interest in religion and philosophy.

Author : Barry L. Schwartz
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827609327

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Judaism's Great Debates by Barry L. Schwartz Pdf

Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of this book possible: David Lerman and Shelley Wallock; D. Walter Cohen, Wendy and Leonard Cooper; Rabbi Howard Gorin; Gittel and Alan Hilibrand; Marjorie and Jeffrey Major; Jeanette Lerman Neubauer and Joe Neubauer; Gayle and David Smith; and Harriet and Donald Young. Ever since Abraham’s famous argument with God, Judaism has been full of debate. Moses and Korah, David and Nathan, Hillel and Shammai, the Vilna Gaon and the Ba’al Shem Tov, Spinoza and the Amsterdam Rabbis . . . the list goes on. Jews debate justice, authority, inclusion, spirituality, resistance, evolution, Zionism, and more. No wonder that Judaism cherishes the expression machloket l’shem shamayim, “an argument for the sake of heaven.” In this concise but important survey, Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz presents the provocative and vibrant thesis that debate and disputation are not only encouraged within Judaism but reside at the very heart of Jewish history and theology. In his graceful, engaging, and creative prose, Schwartz presents an introduction to an intellectual history of Judaism through the art of argumentation. Beyond their historical importance, what makes these disputations so compelling is that nearly all of them, regardless of their epochs, are still being argued. Schwartz builds the case that the basis of Judaism is a series of unresolved rather than resolved arguments. Drawing on primary sources, and with a bit of poetic license, Schwartz reconstructs the real or imagined dialogue of ten great debates and then analyzes their significance and legacy. This parade of characters spanning three millennia of biblical, rabbinic, and modern disputation reflects the panorama of Jewish history with its monumental political, ethical, and spiritual challenges.

Author : Steven Bayme
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0881257389

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Jewish Arguments and Counterarguments by Steven Bayme Pdf

Steven Bayme examines the challenges facing American Jewry, the Contemprary significance of Israel and Jewish peoplehood, and the claims of Jewish tradition in the modern world.

Author : Brian Klug
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Animal rights
ISBN : 0853039933

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Being Jewish and Doing Justice by Brian Klug Pdf

Now in paperback, Being Jewish and Doing Justice expands the standard concept of Jewish Studies. The prologue offers a novel reading of the idea of 'the people of God, ' placing the people firmly 'in the world.' In this spirit, the book brings argument to bear on a broad range of contemporary moral, social, and political controversies, many of them turning on puzzles about identity. The scope extends from Judaism, Zionism, and anti-Semitism to the language of race, the status of animals, and the rights of the child. Drawing on his training as an academic philosopher, his Jewish education, and his personal experience, author Brian Klug confronts uncomfortable questions with rigor, candor, and humor. And while the chapters are not a series of steps in an overall argument, collectively they develop the title theme: the inner connection between being Jewish and doing justice. Topical and controversial, the issues discussed include: whether anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism * Herzl's Jewish opponents in the East End * if anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism are inextricably entangled * what draws America to Israel and what ties Israel to Auschwitz * how the climate of debate about Israel among Jews can be improved * Israel's 'right to exist' * the 'race question' on the UK census form * Arthur Balfour's take on 'the Jewish race' * ethnicity in America * Black-Jewish relations in Chicago * popular attitudes in Britain towards the 'ritual' slaughter of animals * the treatment of animals in the abattoir and laboratory

Author : Hans Joachim Schoeps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : UCAL:B3104454

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The Jewish-Christian Argument by Hans Joachim Schoeps Pdf

Author : Rachel B. Gross
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Homesickness
ISBN : 9781479820511

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Beyond the Synagogue by Rachel B. Gross Pdf

Author : Didi Herman
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199229765

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An Unfortunate Coincidence by Didi Herman Pdf

This book examines the depiction of Jews and Jewishness in modern English law, revealing the role of racial and religious understandings in legal decision-making. It challenges both assumptions about tolerance and neutrality in English law and any simple narrative of anti-Semitism, charting the ambivalent status of Jewish identity in the law.

Author : Nina L. Collins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567270344

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Jesus, the Sabbath and the Jewish Debate by Nina L. Collins Pdf

The claim that Jesus was criticised by the Pharisees for performing cures on the Sabbath has been continuously repeated for almost 2,000 years. But a meticulous, unprejudiced evaluation of the relevant gospel texts shows that the historical Jesus was never criticised by historical Pharisees for performing Sabbath cures. In fact, Jesus and the Pharisees were in complete agreement for the need for cures on the Sabbath day. It is also clear that the Sabbath healing events in the gospels have preserved a significant part of the history of the early Jewish debate which sought to resolve the apparent conflict between the demands of Jewish law, and the performance of deeds of healing and/or saving life. This debate, from its Maccabean origins through to the end of the second century CE, is the subject of this book. The story of the debate has escaped the attention of historians partly because it relies on the evidence of both the early postbiblical Jewish texts and the Christian gospels, which are not generally studied together.

Author : Stuart Svonkin
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0231106394

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Jews Against Prejudice by Stuart Svonkin Pdf

Recounts how Jewish organizations for fighting antisemitism became leaders against all prejudice.

Author : Benjamin Ginsberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442222380

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How the Jews Defeated Hitler by Benjamin Ginsberg Pdf

One of the most common assumptions about World War II is that the Jews did not actively or effectively resist their own extermination at the hands of the Nazis. In this powerful book, Benjamin Ginsberg convincingly argues that the Jews not only resisted the Germans but actually played a major role in the defeat of Nazi Germany. The question, he contends, is not whether the Jews fought but where and by what means. True, many Jews were poorly armed, outnumbered, and without resources, but Ginsberg shows persuasively that this myth of passivity is solely that--a myth. Instead, the Jews resisted strongly in four key ways: through their leadership role in organizing the defense of the Soviet Union, their influence and scientific research in the United States, their contribution to allied espionage and cryptanalysis, and their importance in European resistance movements. In this compelling, cogent history, we discover that Jews contributed powerfully to Hitler's defeat.

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander,Martin Jay
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195326222

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Remembering the Holocaust by Jeffrey C. Alexander,Martin Jay Pdf

This book brings together a wide range of leading historians, social scientists, and literary scholars to explore the controversy surrounding the legacy of the Holocaust. Jeffrey Alexander's essay traces how the Holocaust gradually became the dominant representation of evil, and what the consequences have been for the development of its moral relevance for all nations and peoples. His inquiry is joined by essays from Martin Jay, Nathan Glazer, Elihu and Ruth Katz, Michael Rothberg, Robert Manne, and Bernhard Giesen, who further debate the geopolitical, national, and cultural limits and dangers of extending the tragic lessons of the Holocaust.