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Book SynopsisUnderstanding and nurturing Jewish Peoplehood is an enterprise that seeks to generate involvement and communication between Jews the world-over - a principle which is the basis of this book. Authors include Jews from different corners of the planet, each of whom brings a unique perspective to the larger project of building Jewish Peoplehood. While each chapter of this book offers a distinctive looking glass into Jewish Peoplehood, they are also intended to complement each other, providing the reader with a deeper understanding of nature of the contemporary collective Jewish experience.
Table of ContentsPreface. Editor's Note. Introduction: Four Questions Concerning Peoplehood - And Just as Many Answers. The Problem of Jewish Peoplehood. The Anomalies of Jewish Political Identity. On Modern Jewish Identities. The Jewish People and the Israeli Nation. Jewish Sectarianism and Jewish Peoplehood. A Sociologist's Guide for Building Jewish Peoplehood. A New Understanding of Peoplehood: The Jewish Conversation. Against the Cultural Grain: Jewish Peophood for the 21st Century. Jewish Literary Manifesto (in First Person Feminine). Your People Shall Be My People - Notes on Nurturing Jewish Peoplehood. Afterword. Author Biographies. Index.
