If I Am Not For Myself
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If I Am Not For Myself
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Author : Mike Marqusee
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2011-08-23
If I Am Not For Myself written by Mike Marqusee and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
If I Am Not For Myself is a passionate, thought-provoking exploration of what it means to be Jewish in the twenty-first century. It traces the author's upbringing in 1960s Jewish-American suburbia, his anti-war and pro-Palestinian activism on the British left, and life as a Jew among Muslims in Pakistan, Morocco, and Britain. Interwoven with this are the experiences of his grandfather's life in Jewish New York of the 1930s and 40s, his struggles with anti-Semitism and the twists and turns that led him from anti-fascism to militant Zionism. In the course of this deeply personal story, Marqusee refutes the claims of Israel and Zionism on Jewish loyalty and laments their impact on the Jewish diaspora. Rather, he argues for a richer, more multi-dimensional understanding of Jewish history and identity, and reclaims vital political and personal space for those castigated as "self-haters" by the Jewish establishment.
If I Am Not For Myself
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Author : Ruth R. Wisse
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1992
If I Am Not For Myself written by Ruth R. Wisse and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
For over a century, Jews have been identified with liberalism. Not only have they been a driving force behind the spread of liberal politics; they have also been steadfastly loyal to a doctrine that promised them both safety and political acceptance. Recent evidence suggests that their commitment has not waned. But while Jews continue to stand up for other groups and "vote their conscience", contends Ruth Wisse, the liberal commitment to the Jews is not nearly so strong. Whenever Jews have been attacked - from the trial of Captain Dreyfus to the sustained military and political war against Israel - liberals have been slow to defend Jewish rights and have preferred instead to hold the Jews responsible for the persistence of their enemies. The explanation for this liberal default, Wisse argues, is the survival and success of anti-Semitism. This irrational idea continues to flourish throughout the world, despite the destruction of the fascist and communist regimes that were its deadliest twentieth-century allies. Wisse points out that anti-Semitism's astonishing resilience has put liberals - including liberal Jews - in an impossible position. The only reasonable response to such a doctrine, Wisse insists, is not appeasement or avoidance, but steadfast confrontation and rejection. Yet such opposition is alien to liberal ideas of open-mindedness and strikes many as intolerant. Unwilling to suspend their optimistic view of man as a benevolent and rational being in order to combat a mortal enemy, most liberals - including many Jews - conclude that Jews themselves must be responsible for the continuing wars against them - thus implicitly condoning their sacrifice. Wisse's book, inspired by afriend's emigration to Israel, traces the Jewish romance with liberalism from its discovery by Jewish integrationists and Zionists to the acceptance today by many Jews of a moral equivalence between Zionism and the war against it. She also explores, among the many contradictions of modern Jewish politics, the ambiguous question of Jewish "chosenness", and the Jewish longing for acceptance in a larger human family; the successful Arab war of ideas against Israel; and the dilemma of Jewish writers and intellectuals who wish to transcend their parochializing siege. Above all, she shows how and why anti-Semitism became the twentieth century's most successful ideology and reveals what people in liberal democracies would have to do to prevent it from once again achieving its goal.
Rabbi Hillel
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Author : SpotNotebooks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-09
Rabbi Hillel written by SpotNotebooks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-09 with categories.
Notebook - Journal - lined pages, Lined Journal to Write In for women or man , 6x9, can be used as a notebook, journal, diary or composition book for school and work, Rabbi Hillel If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? College Ruled Notebook. Pretty Personalized Medium Lined Journal & Diary for Writing & Note Taking for Girls and Women Rabbi Hillel If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when? Journal Travel , Memory Book , A Mindful Journal Travel , A Gift for Everyone , perfectly suited for taking notes, writing, organizing, lists, journaling and brainstorming, Lined Pages Notebook White Paper Blank Journal with Black Cover Size 6in x 9in x 115 pages for Kids or Men and Women Bride - Makes a wonderful gift for a graduate - sister - aunt - friend - cousin - teammate - bridesmaid - mom - or anyone who could use a motivational - inspirational boost - Giving as a gift for Mother's Day - Easter - a birthday - Christmas - Rush Week - beginning or end of school - or any dayPerfect for all ages - kids or adults. Avoid the hassle of building your own Notebook/Journal with Lined and Blank Pages. For Drawing - College Ruled Notebook. Pretty Personalized Medium Lined Journal & Diary for Writing & Note Taking for Girls and Women
Arthur S Illustrated Home Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
Arthur S Illustrated Home Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Periodicals categories.
Ballou S Dollar Monthly Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
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Why I Write
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Author : George Orwell
language : en
Publisher: Renard Press Ltd
Release Date : 2021-01-01
Why I Write written by George Orwell and has been published by Renard Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Literary Collections categories.
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times
Leaves Of Grass
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Author : Whitman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1892
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Littell S Living Age
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Author : Eliakim Littell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Littell S Living Age written by Eliakim Littell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.
Frank Leslie S Sunday Magazine
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
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How I Stopped Being A Jew
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Author : Shlomo Sand
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2014-10-07
How I Stopped Being A Jew written by Shlomo Sand and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the center of modern Jewish identity. How I Stopped Being a Jew discusses the negative effects of the Israeli exploitation of the “chosen people” myth and its “holocaust industry.” Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what “Jewish” means is, above all, not being Arab and reflects on the possibility of a secular, non-exclusive Israeli identity, beyond the legends of Zionism.