{"product_id":"who-are-the-jews-and-who-can-we-become-paperback-softback-9780827615618","title":"Who Are the Jews—and Who Can We Become? (Paperback \/ softback) 9780827615618","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWho Are the Jews—and Who Can We Become?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonniel Hartman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780827615618\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.502 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Hartman adroitly argues that 'as long as the story we tell ourselves about ourselves embraces and strengthens the complexity of our identities . . . we provide ourselves with the tools to expand our moral aperture,' and invites essential debates about Judaism's past, present, and future. This impresses.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This inspired work gives us a language for understanding today’s core Jewish issues, both in Israel and the Diaspora. I look forward to gathering my community around it for a spirited discussion of its insights.”-Rabbi Edward Feinstein, senior rabbi, Valley Beth Shalom, in Encino, California\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“While not shying away from criticism or complexity, Hartman gives us a glimpse of the world as it could be: one steered by collective Jewish meaning, moral rigor, and courageous commitment to each other.”-Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl, senior rabbi, Central Synagogue, in New York City\u003c\/div\u003e “In this groundbreaking book, Donniel Hartman takes on the great Jewish question of our time: who are we? Combining deep erudition with passion and love, Hartman explores the complexities of Jewish identity, writing with sympathy for the variety of ways in which we express our Jewishness even as he insists that we aspire to our highest values. \u003ci\u003eWho Are the Jews-And Who Can We Become?\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the short shelf of indispensable books on contemporary Judaism.”-Yossi Klein Halevi, author of \u003ci\u003eLetters to My Palestinian Neighbor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2023 National Jewish Book Award in Modern Jewish Thought and Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Are the Jews-And Who Can We Become?\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003cbr\u003e Crucially, the way each of us tells our “shared” story is putting our collective identity at risk, Donniel Hartman argues. We need a new story, built on Judaism’s foundations and poised to inspire a majority of Jews to listen, discuss, and retell it. This book is that story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Since our beginnings, Hartman explains, the Jewish identity meta-narrative has been a living synthesis of two competing religious covenants: Genesis Judaism, which defines Jewishness in terms of who one is and the group to which one belongs, independent of what one does or believes; and Exodus Judaism, which grounds identity in terms of one’s relationship with an aspirational system of values, ideals, beliefs, commandments, and behaviors. When one narrative becomes too dominant, Jewish collective identity becomes distorted. Conversely, when Genesis and Exodus interplay, the sparks of a rich, compelling identity are found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hartman deftly applies this Genesis-Exodus meta-narrative as a roadmap to addressing contemporary challenges, including Diaspora Jewry’s eroding relationship with Israel, the “othering” of Israeli Palestinians, interfaith marriage, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and-collectively-who we Jews can become.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. What’\u003cbr\u003es Our Story?\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Genesis Covenant and the First Jews\u003cbr\u003e 2. Exodus Judaism and the Covenant of Commandments\u003cbr\u003e 3. Conversion and the Rabbinic Synthesis of Genesis and Exodus\u003cbr\u003e 4. Good Jews and Bad Jews and the Art of Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e 5. Maimonides, Champion of Exodus\u003cbr\u003e 6. Emancipation from the Genesis Covenant\u003cbr\u003e 7. Zionism and the Resurrection of Genesis\u003cbr\u003e 8. The North American Homeland between Europe and Zion(ism)\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. A Zionism for the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e 9. Foundations for a Twenty-First Century Liberal Jewish Story\u003cbr\u003e 10. Recalibrating the Religion-State Status Quo\u003cbr\u003e 11. Israel’\u003cbr\u003es Relationship with World Jewry\u003cbr\u003e 12. Unpacking a Not-So-“\u003cbr\u003eBasic”\u003cbr\u003e Law\u003cbr\u003e 13. Yearning Again for Peace\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. A Diaspora Future\u003cbr\u003e 14. At Home\u003cbr\u003e 15. Intermarriage and the Meaning of Jewishness\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Eroding North America-Israel Relationship\u003cbr\u003e 17. The Future of Liberal Zionism in North America\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Choice to Belong\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685310165272,"sku":"9780827615618","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/who-are-the-jews-and-who-can-we-become-paperback-softback-9780827615618","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}