Meir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968, declaring that Jews must protect themselves by any means necessary. He immigrated to Israel …
The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survivalMeir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defens…
"Judah Magnes, an intellectual biography of the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor, analyzes how theology and politics intertwined to drive Magnes's writings and activism-especially his championing of a binational state against all …
"Judah Magnes, an intellectual biography of the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor, analyzes how theology and politics intertwined to drive Magnes's writings and activism-especially his championing of a binational state against all …
This intellectual biography of Judah Magnes-the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor-analyzes how theology and politics intertwined to drive Magnes's writings and activism, especially his championing of a binational state against all …
"Judah Magnes, an intellectual biography of the Reform rabbi, American Zionist leader, and inaugural Hebrew University chancellor, analyzes how theology and politics intertwined to drive Magnes's writings and activism-especially his championing of a binational state against all …
"The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772-1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imagination for over two centuries. Some see him as the (self-proclaimed) Messiah, others as the forerunner of modern Jewish literature. Existing studies struggle between these dueling r…
"The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772-1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imagination for over two centuries. Some see him as the (self-proclaimed) Messiah, others as the forerunner of modern Jewish literature. Existing studies struggle between these dueling r…
"The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772-1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imagination for over two centuries. Some see him as the (self-proclaimed) Messiah, others as the forerunner of modern Jewish literature. Existing studies struggle between these dueling r…
"The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772-1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imagination for over two centuries. Some see him as the (self-proclaimed) Messiah, others as the forerunner of modern Jewish literature. Existing studies struggle between these dueling r…
From 1642 to 1654 Isaac Aboab da Fonseca was the hakham (Torah scholar) and spiritual leader of the oldest Jewish community in the New World. As a Hebrew grammarian, a poet, and a mystic, as well as an excellent and very popular preacher, Aboab da Fonseca (born 1605) was not onl…
