We Jews : who are we and what should we do? /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steinsaltz, Adin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2005]
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?