The Zionist Ideas
by Gil Troy
2020-12-29 14:37:43
The most comprehensive Zionist collection ever published, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish HomelandâThen, Now, Tomorrow sheds light on the surprisingly diverse and shared visions for realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state. Buildi...
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The most comprehensive Zionist collection ever published, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish HomelandâThen, Now, Tomorrow sheds light on the surprisingly diverse and shared visions for realizing Israel as a democratic Jewish state. Building on Arthur Hertzbergâs classic, The Zionist Idea, Gil Troy explores the backstories, dreams, and legacies of more than 170 passionate Jewish visionariesâquadruple Hertzbergâs original number, and now including women, mizrachim, and othersâfrom the 1800s to today. Troy divides the thinkers into six Zionist schools of thoughtâPolitical, Revisionist, Labor, Religious, Cultural, and Diaspora Zionismâand reveals the breadth of the debate and surprising syntheses. He also presents the visionaries within three major stages of Zionist development, demonstrating the length and evolution of the conversation. Part 1 (pre-1948) introduces the pioneers who founded the Jewish state, such as Herzl, Gordon, Jabotinsky, Kook, Haâam, and Szold. Part 2 (1948 to 2000) features builders who actualized and modernized the Zionist blueprints, such as Ben-Gurion, Berlin, Meir, Begin, Soloveitchik, Uris, and Kaplan. Part 3 showcases todayâs torchbearers, including Barak, Grossman, Shaked, Lau, Yehoshua, and Sacks. This mosaic of voices will engage equally diverse readers in reinvigorating the Zionist conversationâweighing and developing the moral, social, and political character of the Jewish state of today and tomorrow.
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