Torn at the roots : the crisis of Jewish liberalism in postwar America / Michael E. Staub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staub, Michael E.

Series:

Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)

Religion and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Jews.

Liberalism.

United States.

Politics and government.

Liberalism--United States.

Religion and politics.

Social problems.

Physical Description:

386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]

Summary:

In this fascinating history of the genesis of the backlash against Jewish liberalism, Staub recounts the history American Jews who advocated Palestinian statehood, showing how ideology has split the Jewish community.

Contents:

"Making My Jewishness Too Visible" An Introduction 1

1 "The Racists of America Fly Blindly at Both of Us" Atrocity Analogies and Anticommunism 19

2 "Liberal Judaism Is a Contradiction in Terms" Antiracist Zionists, Prophetic Jews, and Their Critics 45

3 "Artificial Altruism Sows Only Seeds of Error and Chaos" Desegregation and Jewish Survival 76

4 "Protect and Keep" Vietnam, Israel, and the Politics of Theology 112

5 "If There Was Dirty Linen, It Had to Be Washed" Jews for Urban Justice and Radical Judaism 153

6 "We Are Coming Home" New Left Jews and Radical Zionism 194

7 "Are You Against the Jewish Family?" Debating the Sexual Revolution 241

8 "If We Really Care About Israel" Breira and the Limits of Dissent 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-363) and index.

ISBN:

0231123744

OCLC:

49519019