What is modern Israel? /
Yakov M. Rabkin ; translated by Fred A. Reed.
- [Place of publication not identified] : Pluto Press, 2016.
- 1 online resource
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Land of Israel and Its Place in Jewish Tradition; 2. The Jews of Europe: Between Equality and Extermination; 3. A Return to the Promised Land as a Return to History; 4. The Zionist Enterprise; 5. The Nazi Genocide, Its Memory, and Its Lessons; 6. The Making and Maintaining of the Zionist State; 7. Jewish Opposition to Zionism; 8. Israeli Society and Jewish Communities; 9. Israel in the International Arena; Conclusion: A State Without Borders; Notes; Index.
Shows that Zionism was conceived as a sharp break with Judaism and Jewish continuity.