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Who are the Jews--and who can we become? / Donniel Hartman.

by Hartman, Donniel, author.

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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press ; Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society, [2023]

Jews -- Identity.

Judaism -- 21st century.

Zionism -- History -- 21st century.

Judaism and politics.

9780827615618 (paperback) :

0827615612 paperback

xxvi, 325 pages ; 23 cm

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Genesis covenant and the first Jews -- Exodus Judaism and the covenant of commandments -- Conversion and the the rabbinic synthesis of Genesis and Exodus -- Good Jews and Bad Jews and the art of boundaries -- Maimonides, champion of Exodus -- Emancipation from the Genesis covenant -- Zionism and the resurrection of Genesis -- The North American homeland between Europe and Zion(ism) -- Foundations for a twenty-first century liberal jewish story -- Recalibrating the religion-state status quo -- Israel's relationship with the world Jewry -- Unpacking a not-so-'basic' law -- Yearning again for peace -- At home -- Intermarriage and the meaning of Jewishness -- The eroding North American-Israel relationship -- The future of liberal Zionism in North America -- The choice to belong -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

"[This book] tackles perhaps the most urgent question facing the Jewish people today: Given unprecedented denominational tribalism, how can we Jews speak of ourselves in collective terms?"-- Provided by publisher.

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