The Case for Jewish Peoplehood: Can We Be One?

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Author: Erica Brown

ISBN-10: 1580234011

ISBN-13: 9781580234016

Category: Israel & the Jews

This call to Jewish community explores the purpose, possibilities, and limitations of peoplehood as a unifying concept of community for a people struggling profoundly with Jewish identity. It defines what peoplehood is-and is not-and explores both collective and personal Jewish identity and the nature of identity construction.

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This call to Jewish community explores the purpose, possibilities, and limitations of peoplehood as a unifying concept of community for a people struggling profoundly with Jewish identity. It defines what peoplehood is-and is not-and explores both collective and personal Jewish identity and the nature of identity construction.

Foreword: Peoplehood and Community ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: Jews in the 'Hood 11 Defining Peoplehood 132 Collective Jewish Identity 373 Constructing a Personal Jewish Identity 594 Pro-Choice Judaism: Are There Too Many Identity Options? 715 Membership and Boundaries 876 Peoplehood and Intermarriage 997 Jewish Literacy and the Peoplehood Prerogative 1178 Irreconcilable Differences? Jewish and Israeli Identity 1339 Stepping Across the Generational Divide 14910 Dreams, Desired Outcomes, and the Jewish Future 165Notes 183