Jews
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollins
- 出版时间 1998年3月
- ISBN 9780060638344
- 定价 233.50
内容简介
WhatmakesaJewaJew?InthemostcontroversialbookonJewishidentitytocomealongindecades,twoinfluentialJewishleadersdaretoanswerthatprovocativequestion.ThereisanessentialJewishidentity,shapedbythelegacyofhistoryandfaith,whichbridgesdivergentcultures,politics,andevenbeliefs.SoarguesauthorRabbiArthurHertzberg,theoutspokenandinfluentialleaderattheforefrontoftheworldJewishcommunity,whotogetherwithAronHirt-Manheimer,thedistinguishededitorofReformJudaismmagazine,presentsamyth-shatteringviewofJewishcharacter.JewsisalandmarkworkthatprovocativelyexploresthemeaningofJewishidentitythroughtheages.HertzbergandHirt-ManheimerpresentanoriginalandinsightfullookattheentireJewishexperienceandwhatitmeansforJewsandnon-Jewsalike.Theauthorsboldlyadvanceaseriesofradicalarguments:
Theydaretodefinethe"essential"Jew.TheydaretosaythattheJewishcharacterhasremainedthesamesincethetimeofAbrahamandSarah.Theydaretoproposethatanti-SemitismisnotaChristianinvention-itisareactiontoJewsaspersistentdissentersineverysociety.TheydaretosuggestthattheHolocaustwasareenactmentoftheCrucifixioninwhichthetraditionalroleswerereversed.Theydaretoexaminetheillnessofself-hatredthathasafflictedJewsfromKarlMarxtoWoodyAllen.ThisbookoffersanewandstartlingperspectiveonhowJewsrelatetopeopleofothertraditionswhilealsodefiningthechallenge,responsibility,andessenceofbeingaJewinourtime.Jews:TheEssenceandCharacterofaPeopledefiestheconventionalviewofJewsthathasprevailedforcenturiesandpresentsacompellingandrealisticportraitofcontemporaryJews.ThisimportantbookissuretostimulatepassionatedebateamongbothJewsandnon-Jews."RabbiArthurHertzberg'slifeofhonor,education,andcompassioncommandsourattentionwheneverhespeaks.Fewpeoplehavecommunicatedsoconsistentlyfromtheplatformoftheirownconvictions.IfmorepeoplehadRabbiHertzberg'scourage,ourdivisionswoulddiminish.Ifmorepeoplehadhiswisdom,ourpossibilitieswouldexpand."
-BillBradley,formerU.S.Senator,NewJersey"Hertzberg'ssharpwitandpenetratingmind,hisrabbinicalacumen,hisactiveinvolvementinallaspectsofJewishlife,hisstrongcommitmenttoZionismandIsrael-allcombinetoinvesthiswritingswithgreatauthority.Thisbookwillnodoubtbehailedastheculminationoftheauthor'smanyliteraryandscholarlyachievements."
-JusticeHayimCohn,DeputyChiefJusticeoftheSupremeCourtofIsrael(retired)"ArthurHertzberghasoneofAmerica'smostamazingminds.Whateverhewritesismorethanworthreading,it'samustforallwhoareinterestedinJudaism."
-EdgarM.Bronfman,president,WorldJewishCongress"IdeeplyrespectAronHirt-Manheimer'sabilityasawriter,asaneditorparexcellence,andasamanofideas.Anybookonwhichhecollaborateswillbethebetterforhispresence."
-RabbiW.GuntherPlaut,editorandchiefauthorofTheTorah:AModernCommentary
Theydaretodefinethe"essential"Jew.TheydaretosaythattheJewishcharacterhasremainedthesamesincethetimeofAbrahamandSarah.Theydaretoproposethatanti-SemitismisnotaChristianinvention-itisareactiontoJewsaspersistentdissentersineverysociety.TheydaretosuggestthattheHolocaustwasareenactmentoftheCrucifixioninwhichthetraditionalroleswerereversed.Theydaretoexaminetheillnessofself-hatredthathasafflictedJewsfromKarlMarxtoWoodyAllen.ThisbookoffersanewandstartlingperspectiveonhowJewsrelatetopeopleofothertraditionswhilealsodefiningthechallenge,responsibility,andessenceofbeingaJewinourtime.Jews:TheEssenceandCharacterofaPeopledefiestheconventionalviewofJewsthathasprevailedforcenturiesandpresentsacompellingandrealisticportraitofcontemporaryJews.ThisimportantbookissuretostimulatepassionatedebateamongbothJewsandnon-Jews."RabbiArthurHertzberg'slifeofhonor,education,andcompassioncommandsourattentionwheneverhespeaks.Fewpeoplehavecommunicatedsoconsistentlyfromtheplatformoftheirownconvictions.IfmorepeoplehadRabbiHertzberg'scourage,ourdivisionswoulddiminish.Ifmorepeoplehadhiswisdom,ourpossibilitieswouldexpand."
-BillBradley,formerU.S.Senator,NewJersey"Hertzberg'ssharpwitandpenetratingmind,hisrabbinicalacumen,hisactiveinvolvementinallaspectsofJewishlife,hisstrongcommitmenttoZionismandIsrael-allcombinetoinvesthiswritingswithgreatauthority.Thisbookwillnodoubtbehailedastheculminationoftheauthor'smanyliteraryandscholarlyachievements."
-JusticeHayimCohn,DeputyChiefJusticeoftheSupremeCourtofIsrael(retired)"ArthurHertzberghasoneofAmerica'smostamazingminds.Whateverhewritesismorethanworthreading,it'samustforallwhoareinterestedinJudaism."
-EdgarM.Bronfman,president,WorldJewishCongress"IdeeplyrespectAronHirt-Manheimer'sabilityasawriter,asaneditorparexcellence,andasamanofideas.Anybookonwhichhecollaborateswillbethebetterforhispresence."
-RabbiW.GuntherPlaut,editorandchiefauthorofTheTorah:AModernCommentary
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