The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One?

by Brown, Erica

• ISBN13: 9781580234016
• ISBN10: 1580234011
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-20
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

This clarion call to the Jewish community explores the purpose, possibilities, and limitations of peoplehood as a unifying concept of community for a people struggling profoundly with Jewish identity. It defines what peoplehood is--and is not--and explores both collective and personal Jewish identity and the natue of identity construction.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Peoplehood and Community	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Jews in the 'Hood	p. 1
Defining Peoplehood	p. 13
Collective Jewish Identity	p. 37
Constructing a Personal Jewish Identity	p. 59
Pro-Choice Judaism: Are There Too Many Identity Options?	p. 71
Membership and Boundaries	p. 87
Peoplehood and Intermarriage	p. 99
Jewish Literacy and the Peoplehood Prerogative	p. 117
Irreconcilable Differences? Jewish and Israeli Identity	p. 133
Stepping Across the Generational Divide	p. 149
Dreams, Desired Outcomes, and the Jewish Future	p. 165
Notes	p. 183
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