Synopses & Reviews
Within a broad-based and comprehensive analysis, author David Schnall examines ten major issues facing the Jewish community today. The focus of this timely book shifts easily from the domestic to the international, from the political to the religious developments in the Jewish community as it relates to American Jewry, the State of Israel, and Zionism. Professionals in communal service, scholars of Jewish studies, and the interested lay reader will find this important new volume to be both accessible and enlightening.
About the Author
DAVID J. SCHNALL is an ordained rabbi with a doctorate in political science.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. America: The Land of Promise
The Game of Jewish Demography
Out of the Faith
Orthodoxy Resurgent Republicans, Democrats and American Jews
Part II. Israel: The Promised Land
Haredim and Emunism: Religious Extremism and Israeli Life
Settlers from the New World
The Insoluble Dilemma
Part III. Zionism: Keeping the Promise Alive
American Zionism: Continuity and Change
Yordim: Zionism in Reverse
Whither Soviet Jewry
Bibliography
Index
About the Author