What is modern Israel? / Yakov M. Rabkin ; translated by Fred A. Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabkin, Yakov M., author.

Standardized Title:

Comprendre l'État d'Israël. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Zionism--History.

Zionism.

History.

Israel--History.

Israel.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2016.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

Few countries provoke as much passion and controversy as Israel. What is Modern Israel? convincingly demonstrates that its founding ideology - Zionism - is anything but a simple reaction to antisemitism. Dispelling the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the state of Israel, Yakov Rabkin points to the Protestant roots of Zionism, in order to explain the particular support Israel musters in the United States.Drawing on many overlooked pages of history, including English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish and Russian sources, Yakov Rabkin shows that Zionism was conceived as a sharp break with Judaism and Jewish continuity. Israel's past and present must be seen in the context of European ethnic nationalism, colonial expansion and geopolitical interests, rather than as an incarnation of Biblical prophecies or a culmination of Jewish history.

Contents:

1 The Land of Israel and its Place in Jewish Tradition 10

2 The Jews of Europe: Between Equality and Extermination 29

3 A Return to the Promised Land as a Return to History 39

4 The Zionist Enterprise 45

5 The Nazi Genocide, Its Memory, and Its Lessons 89

6 The Making and Maintaining of the Zionist State 109

7 Jewish Opposition to Zionism 122

8 Israeli Society and Jewish Communities 161

9 Israel in the International Arena 171.

Notes:

"First published in 2014 by Les Éditions Écosociété, Montréal, under the title Comprendre l'État d'Israël. Idéologie, religion et société."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-217) and index.

ISBN:

0745335829

9780745335827

9780745335810

0745335810

OCLC:

920718756