Social justice : a Jewish perspective / Bernardo Kliksberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kliksberg, Bernardo.

Contributor:

World Jewish Congress.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Judaism and social problems.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

122 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem ; Hewlett, N.Y. : Gefen Pub. House, [2003]

Summary:

A UN advisor presents Jewish principles of tzedaka, doing justice, for stemming global inequities exemplified in the statistics. Lacks an index. An earlier edition was published in Spanish in Argentina (2001) and in Portuguese in Brazil (2002), by UNESCO/ Editorial Mayamot. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Judaism's Outlook on Poverty, Inequality and Solidarity - Eight Theses for Thought 1

A New Century with a Disturbing Social Outlook 3

Thesis 1 Judaism Expects Concrete Solidarity Towards Others 11

Thesis 2 Judaism Believes Poverty Must be Eradicated 19

Thesis 3 Judaism Has Always Been Concerned With Inequality 25

Thesis 4 Judaism Insists That Acceptable Solutions to the Problem of Social Exclusion can be Found 31

Thesis 5 Society Must Actively Solve Social Problems 51

Thesis 6 Every Person Must Take on Individual Responsibility Vis-a-Vis Social Problems 63

Thesis 7 Judaism Educates the Heart for Solidarity 73

Thesis 8 Judaism has a Proposal for Confronting Poverty and Inequality 79

Part II The Sources Revisited 91

The Voice of the Prophets on Social Justice 93

Promoting Active Solidarity 97

How Should Society be Organized? 102

Ultimate Ideals 110.

Notes:

"A joint publication of Gefen Publishing House and World Jewish Congress."

"An earlier edition of this book was published in Spanish in Argentina (2001) and in Portuguese in Brazil, by UNESCO and Editorial Mayamot (2002)"--Ack.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [119]-122).

ISBN:

9652291641

OCLC:

51566401