Orthodox Judaism and the Politics of Religion
From Prewar Europe to the State of Israel
Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
9781108481519 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
9781108481519 (ISBN)
Examines how nationalizing processes in East and Central Europe and Palestine reshaped observant Jewry into two distinct socio-cultural milieus. This book will be of special interest to students of Jewish history, Zionism and the State of Israel, but also to those studying religious politics, religious fundamentalism and modern nationalism.
During the first half of the twentieth century, nationalizing processes in Europe and Palestine reshaped observant Jewry into two distinct societies, ultra-Orthodoxy and national-religious Judaism. Tracing the dynamics between the two most influential Orthodox political movements of the period, from their early years through the founding of the State of Israel, Daniel Mahla examines the crucial role that religio-political entrepreneurs played in these developments. He frames the contest between non-Zionist Agudat Yisrael and religious-Zionist Mizrahi as the product of wide-ranging social and cultural struggles within Orthodox Judaism and demonstrates that at the core of their conflict lay deep tensions between rabbinic authority and political activism. While Orthodoxy's encounter with modern Jewish nationalism is often cast as a confrontation between religious and secular forces, this book highlights the significance of intra-religious competition for observant Jewry's transition to the age of the nation state and beyond.
During the first half of the twentieth century, nationalizing processes in Europe and Palestine reshaped observant Jewry into two distinct societies, ultra-Orthodoxy and national-religious Judaism. Tracing the dynamics between the two most influential Orthodox political movements of the period, from their early years through the founding of the State of Israel, Daniel Mahla examines the crucial role that religio-political entrepreneurs played in these developments. He frames the contest between non-Zionist Agudat Yisrael and religious-Zionist Mizrahi as the product of wide-ranging social and cultural struggles within Orthodox Judaism and demonstrates that at the core of their conflict lay deep tensions between rabbinic authority and political activism. While Orthodoxy's encounter with modern Jewish nationalism is often cast as a confrontation between religious and secular forces, this book highlights the significance of intra-religious competition for observant Jewry's transition to the age of the nation state and beyond.
Daniel Mahla is an assistant professor of modern Jewish history at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen.
1. Of priests and prophets: social and political activism among orthodox Jews; 2. The genesis of Orthodox political camps; 3. Interwar Poland: formative competition within the Kehillah; 4. Divisive land: the Jewish settlements in mandatory Palestine; 5. A new Era in Orthodox relations; 6. Emerging Israeli milieus; Epilogue: Orthodox dynamics in the twenty-first century; Appendix: short biographies.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Tables, black and white; 6 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 570 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781108481519 / 9781108481519 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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