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Obligation in exile : the Jewish diaspora, Israel and critique / Ilan Zvi Baron.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (xv, 295 pages) : formsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748692316
  • 0748692312
  • 1474408710
  • 9781474408714
Other title:
  • Jewish diaspora, Israel and critique
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Obligation in exileDDC classification:
  • 305.8924 23
LOC classification:
  • DS132 .B328 2015eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The limits of political obligation -- Power and obligation -- Between Zion and diaspora : internationalism, transnationalism, obligation and security -- From eating hummus to the sublime -- Obligation and critique -- Conclusion : Obligation in exile, critique and the future of the Jewish Diaspora.
Summary: Explores the complex relationship between Israel and the Diaspora Jewish identity. Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Israel, the USA, Canada and the UK, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel as a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew means supporting Israel. He concludes by arguing that critique of Israel is not just about Israeli policy, but about what it means to be a Diaspora Jew.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1203122

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-287) and index.

Print version record.

The limits of political obligation -- Power and obligation -- Between Zion and diaspora : internationalism, transnationalism, obligation and security -- From eating hummus to the sublime -- Obligation and critique -- Conclusion : Obligation in exile, critique and the future of the Jewish Diaspora.

Explores the complex relationship between Israel and the Diaspora Jewish identity. Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Israel, the USA, Canada and the UK, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel as a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew means supporting Israel. He concludes by arguing that critique of Israel is not just about Israeli policy, but about what it means to be a Diaspora Jew.

English.