We Jews : who are we and what should we do? /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
Table of Contents:
- Are we actors with masks? : our ability to assimilate has been too effective for our own good
- Are we shattered into pieces? : despite what anti-semites have said, our infighting and historical circumstances have never allowed unity nor a unified leadership
- Are we a nation or a religion? : our people are not a religion, nor a nation, nor an ethnic group, nor a race
- Do we have our own set of character traits? : yes, but sometimes we use them and sometimes we abuse them
- Is money our god? : the slander, lies, and misunderstandings regarding Jews and money
- Why do we want to save the world? : exploring the Jewish messiah complex
- Are we excessively warm or excessively cold? : the seemingly contradictory phenomena of Jewish emotionalism and intellectualism
- Why are our people involved in idolatry? : our theocentric nature and our temptation to create and worship idols
- What is our role in the world? : our "chosen" status demands that we be the priests to the world
- How does our Jewishness influence our thinking process? : Marx, Freud, Einstein, and the Jewish search for unifying principles
- How does anti-semitism affect other people? : the correlation between a country's health and how well it treats its Jews
- What will become of the Jewish people?