I Am Jewish

by Pearl, Judea

• ISBN13: 9781580231831
• ISBN10: 1580231837
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub

Summary

When Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was brutally murdered in Pakistan, many Jews were particularly touched by his last words affirming his Jewish identity. Many were moved to reflect on or analyze their feelings toward their lives as Jews. The saying "two Jews, three opinions" well reflects the Jewish community's broad range of views on any topic. I Am Jewish captures this richness of interpretation and inspires Jewish people of all backgrounds to reflect upon and take pride in their identity. Contributions, ranging from major essays to a paragraph or a sentence, come from adults as well as young people in the form of personal feelings, statements of theology, life stories, and historical reflections. Despite the diversity, common denominators shine through clearly and distinctly.

Author Biography

Judea and Ruth Pearl, the parents of Daniel Pearl, are cofounders of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. The Foundation's mission is to promote cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music, and innovative communications

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	xv
Preface	xvii
PART I: IDENTITY
Avraham Burg	3	(4)
Ruth R. Wisse	7	(3)
Joshua Mauna	10	(1)
Irwin Cotler	10	(3)
Lawrence H. Summers	13	(1)
Rabbi Zalman M. SchachterShalomi	14	(4)
The Right Honourable The Lord Woolf	18	(1)
Angela Warnick Buchdahl	19	(1)
A.B. Yehoshua	20	(3)
Michael Chlenov	23	(1)
Daniel Schorr	23	(5)
Stefanie Stoler	28	(1)
Maureen Lipman	28	(2)
Mike Wallace	30	(1)
Natan Sharansky	31	(3)
Norman Lear	34	(1)
David Horowitz	34	(2)
Kitty Dukakis	36	(1)
Jamie Sistino	37	(1)
Thomas L. Friedman	37	(3)
Bernice Rubens	40	(1)
Leon Botstein	41	(4)
PART II: HERITAGE
Shimon Peres	45	(4)
Cynthia Ozick	49	(1)
Ruth Pearl	50	(1)
Larry King	51	(3)
Sarah Rosenbaum	54	(1)
W Michael Blumenthal	54	(1)
Tamara Pearl	55	(1)
Spencer Newman	56	(1)
Sylvia Boorstem	57	(3)
David J. Azrieli	60	(1)
Martin Peretz	60	(3)
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine	63	(2)
Jade Ransohoff	65	(1)
Wendy Wasserstein	65	(1)
Sarah Silverman	66	(1)
Moske Katsav	67	(3)
Amanda	70	(1)
Lord Greville Janner	70	(3)
Alana Frey	73	(2)
Itay	75	(1)
Richard Dreyfus	75	(1)
Roald Hoffmann	76	(1)
Vidai Sassoon	77	(1)
Ida Haendel	78	(1)
Daniel Libeskind	79	(1)
Jackie Mason	80	(1)
Maurice Lévy	81	(1)
Rabbi Rachel B. Cowan	82	(2)
Milton Friedman	84	(1)
Liz Lerman	84	(1)
Daniel Gill	85	(1)
David Suissa	86	(1)
Yefim Bronfman	87	(1)
Shelley R. Deutch Tayar	87	(3)
Douglas Rushkoff	90	(1)
Gloria Goldreich	91	(1)
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen	92	(1)
Ephraim Kishon	93	(1)
Menachem Z. Rosensaft	94	(2)
Robert Rabinovitch	96	(1)
Naim Dangoor	97	(1)
Kern Strug	98	(1)
Sir Martin Gilbert	99	(1)
Deborah E. Lipstadt	100	(2)
Bernard Lewis	102	(5)
PART III: COVENANT, CHOSENNESS, AND FAITH
Senator Joe Lieberman	107	(1)
Robyn J. Friedman	108	(1)
Dr. David Hartman	109	(5)
Eric H. Yoffie	114	(3)
Sarah Levin	117	(1)
Alan Dershowitz	117	(3)
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner	120	(1)
Felicia Lilien	121	(1)
Arno Penzias	122	(2)
Rabbi Patricia Kanin-Neumann	124	(2)
Shia LaBeouf	126	(1)
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso	127	(4)
Amos Oz	131	(1)
Samantha Schram	132	(1)
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau	132	(2)
Leon Wieseltier	134	(2)
Naomi Ragen	136	(1)
Gershom Sizomu	137	(2)
Michael H. Steinhardt	139	(1)
Dennis Prager	140	(2)
Kirk Douglas	142	(1)
Dr. Richard A. Lerner	143	(1)
Julius Lester	144	(1)
Chaim Kramer	145	(1)
Josef Joffe	146	(2)
Rabbi Uri Regev	148	(4)
Thane Rosenbaum	152	(1)
Richard Siegel	153	(2)
Michael Medved	155	(1)
Jim Ball	156	(1)
Rabbi Kenneth J. Leinwand	157	(1)
Norman Lamm	158	(3)
Larry S. Moses	161	(1)
Rabbi Tony Bayfield	162	(2)
Harold Kushner	164	(5)
PART IV: HUMANITY AND ETHNICITY
Elie Wiesel	169	(1)
Samuel G. Freedman	170	(3)
Jonathan Sacks	173	(2)
Matt Putney	175	(1)
Michelle Pearl	176	(1)
Rabbi Harold M. Schulwels	177	(4)
Ehud Barak	181	(1)
Bernard-Henri Lévy	182	(3)
David Grossman	185	(1)
Tovak Feldshuh	186	(1)
Nadine Gordimer	187	(1)
Theodore Bikel	188	(2)
Judea Pearl	190	(2)
Eran Rotshenker	192	(1)
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller	192	(2)
Anne Roiphe	194	(1)
Dr. Uri D. Herscher	195	(2)
Alexander Militarev	197	(4)
PART V: TIKKUN OLAM (REPAIRING THE WORLD) AND JUSTICE
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	201	(1)
Jonathan Freedlaad	202	(2)
Stephen H. Hoffman	204	(1)
Gary Shteyngart	205	(1)
Lynn Schustermau	206	(3)
Rabbi Jacqueline Tabick	209	(1)
David Colburn	210	(2)
Judy Feld Carr	212	(1)
Robin Kramer	213	(2)
Richard N. Goldman	215	(1)
Tullia Zevi	216	(1)
Peter Yarrow	217	(4)
Francine Klagsbrun	221	(1)
Hanoch Greenberg	222	(1)
Sjalom Awraham Soetendorp	223	(2)
Alan Colmes	225	(1)
Ruth W Messinger	225	(2)
Rosalie Silberman Abella	227	(1)
Senator Dianne Feinstein	228	(1)
Bernard Kouchner	229	(2)
Zev Yaroslavsky	231	(1)
Simone Veil	232	(1)
Daniel Kahneman	233	(1)
Rabbi Naamah Kelman	234	(4)
Roger Cukierman	238	(1)
Edgar M. Bronfman	239	(2)
Debbie Friedman	241	(2)
Acknowledgments	243	(2)
Glossary	245	(2)
Index of Contributors	247	(4)
Credits	251