A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism

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Fernwood Pub., 2006 - History - 261 pages
There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. These words by the poet Leonard Cohen could aptly describe this book, which takes history as a witness to the exceptional nature of Zionism in Jewish history. It explains many points of discord between the political ideology of Zionism and what most people consider Judaism. It also shows how Jewish traditional conscience offers a hope for the solution of the Middle East crisis. The conflicts in Israel/Palestine acquire a different meaning when seen in the context of Jewish opposition to Zionism. This book has attracted Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike who find this story inspiring in today's world of mobile identities.

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Orientations
5
A New Identity
22
The Birth of the Secular Jew
32
Copyright

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YAKOV RABKIN has taught Jewish history and the history of science at the University of Montreal since 1973.

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