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100	1		_aLeslie, S. Clement.
245	1	4	_aThe Rift in Israel : _bReligious Authority and Secular Democracy.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2015.
264		4	_c©1971.
300			_a1 online resource (198 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aRoutledge Library Editions: Israel and Palestine Series
505	0		_aCover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Some Hebrew Terms -- Background -- 1 1800 BC-AD 135 -- 2 AD 135-1945 -- Division -- 3 'Who is a Jew?' -- 4 Segregation in the Schools -- 5 Religion -- 6 Non-Religion? -- Witness -- 7 Basis -- 8 Two Pillars -- (i) THE ARMY -- (ii) THE KIBBUTZ -- 9 Ingathering -- 10 Arabs -- (i) 'WITHIN THY GATES' -- (ii) THE GREAT DILEMMA -- 11 Diaspora -- What is a Jew? -- 12 Jewish Identity: Descriptive -- 13 Jewish Identity: Analytical -- Appendix -- Some Notes on Israel as a Factor in Jewish-Christian Relations -- Notes -- Index.
520			_aThe subject matter of this book, first published in 1971, is not less relevant, though less familiar, than the military adventures of Israel. For the book deals with the spiritual tensions that underlie and go far to explain the conduct of the country, standing as it does at the heart of some of the world's most dangerous political conflicts. The superpowers confront at its borders. So do the 'modern' West and the force of Arab nationalism. It is the focus, too, of anti-Semitism, with its potential threat to the future of all Jews and of world peace. The questions here examined are rooted in the nature of Judaism and in the two distinct urges - religious and nationalist - that created Israel. Within its tiny territory some of mankind's most urgent spiritual problems appear at their most intense. What do men live for: for themselves, their country, higher values? How these tensions are resolved will affect both the conduct of Israel, with its effects on the fortunes of all nations, and the thoughts of men everywhere about their own and their countries' deeper problems. One section of the book deals with the institutions and policies of Israel as expressions of its inner spirit: the kibbutz, the army, the ingathering of exiles, the attitudes to Arabs within and beyond the frontiers, relations with world Jewry. Two final chapters describe and analyse the perennial problem of Jewish identity, seen in the light of the actions of a modern state.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aReligion and state -- Israel.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLeslie, S. Clement _tThe Rift in Israel _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015 _z9781138902343
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aRoutledge Library Editions: Israel and Palestine Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2057994 _zClick to View
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