The seventh volume of the acclaimed annual publication of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era: Metaphor and Meaning examines the significance and meaning of messianic metaphors, themes, and ideals in modern Jewish history and culture. In addition to the standard symposia, book reviews, and lists of recent dissertations in Jewish studies, the volume includes contributions from such noted scholars of Jewish history as Jody Elizabeth Myerson on the messianic idea and Zionist ideologies; Aviezer Ravitsky on Zionism and the state of Israel as anti-messianic undertakings; Yaacov Shavit on realism and messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv; Hannan Hever on poetry and messianism in Palestine between the two world wars; Paul Mendes-Flohr on Jewish theological responses to political messianism in the Weimar Republic; and Richard Wolin on Jewish secular messianism.
Author(s): Jonathan Frankel
Edition: First Printing
Year: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 464
Contents......Page 10
Symposium Jews and Messianism in the Modern Era: Metaphor and Meaning......Page 18
The Messianic Idea and Zionist Ideologies......Page 20
Interpreting Messianic Rhetoric in the Russian Haskalah and Early Zionism......Page 31
“Forcing the End”: Zionism and the State of Israel as Antimessianic Undertakings......Page 51
A Neglected Chapter in the History of Christian Zionism in America: William E. Blackstone and the Petition of 1916......Page 85
Birth Pangs of the Messiah: The Reflections of Two Polish Rabbis on Their Era......Page 103
Realism and Messianism in Zionism and the Yishuv......Page 117
Poetry and Messianism in Palestine Between the Two World Wars......Page 145
“The Stronger and the Better Jews”: Jewish Theological Responses to Political Messianism in the Weimar Republic......Page 176
Reflections on Jewish Secular Messianism......Page 203
The Messianism of Gush Emunim......Page 214
Essays......Page 232
A Current Debate: An Introductory Note......Page 234
Illegal Immigration During the Second World War: Its Suspension and Subsequent Resumption......Page 237
Ben-Gurion and the Second World War: Plans for Mass Immigration to Palestine......Page 264
A Note on the Demographic and Economic Structure of the Jewish Community in Quito, Ecuador......Page 286
The Gezerd Down Under......Page 292
Review Essays......Page 300
Nitza Rosovsky, The Jewish Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe......Page 302
Bernard Wasserstein, The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln......Page 309
Edward Ullendorff, The Two Zions: Reminiscences of Jerusalem and Ethiopia......Page 315
Avi Shlaim, Collusion Across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine......Page 323
Sigurd Paul Scheichl and Edward Timms (eds.), Karl Kraus in Neuer Sicht......Page 334
Book Reviews (by subject)......Page 346
Shirley Berry Isenberg, India's Bene Israel: A Comprehensive Inquiry and Sourcebook......Page 348
Wolfgang Plat (ed.), Voll Leben und voll Tod ist diese Erde: Bilder aus der Geschichte jüdischer Österreicher......Page 356
Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews......Page 351
Oskar Mendelsohn, Jodenes Historis i Norge gjennom 300 ar. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2......Page 352
Richard John Neuhaus (ed.), Jews in Unsecular America......Page 354
Shimon Shamir (ed.), The Jews of Egypt: A Mediterranean Society in Modern Times......Page 360
Sydney Stahl Weinberg, World of Our Mothers......Page 362
Harry J. Ausmus, Will Herberg: From Right to Right......Page 364
Joel Colton, Léon Blum: Humanist in Politics......Page 366
Geoffrey Wigoder (ed.) Contemporary Jewry: Studies in Honor of Moshe Davis......Page 368
Ruth Dudley Edwards, Victor Gollancz: A Biography......Page 371
Maurice Isserman, If I Had a Hammer… The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left......Page 374
Michael Löwy, Rédemption et utopie: Le Judaisme libertare en Europe centrale......Page 370
Michael R. Marrus, The Unwanted; European Refugees in the Twentieth Century......Page 372
Edward Tivnan, The Lobby: Jewish Political Power and American Foreign Policy......Page 377
Eliezer Berkovits, Mashber hayahadut bimdinat hayehudim......Page 379
Alan Wieder, Immigration, the Public School, and the Twentieth Century American Ethos: The Jewish Immigrant as a Case Study......Page 380
Yoel Florsheim, Medinat yisrael—hevrah yehudit?......Page 383
Harvey E. Goldberg (ed.), Judaism Viewed from Within and from Without: Anthropological Studies......Page 386
Frederick E. Greenspahn (ed.), The Human Condition in the Jewish and Christian Traditions......Page 390
Werner Kraft (ed.), Briefe an Werner Kraft/Gershorn Scholem......Page 392
Joel Ziff (ed.), Lev Tuvia/On the Life and Work of Rabbi Tobias Geffen......Page 395
Paul Mendes-Flohr (ed.), The Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig......Page 397
Michael A. Meyer, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism......Page 399
Asher Arian and Michal Shamir (eds.), The Elections in Israel 1984......Page 401
Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Status, Power and Conflict in the Kibbutz......Page 402
Mitchell Cohen (ed.), Class Struggle and the Jewish Nation: Selected Essays in Marxist Zionism by Ber Borakhov......Page 404
Mitchell Cohen, Zion and State: Nation, Class and the Shaping of Modern Israel......Page 406
Naomi W. Cohen, The Year After the Riots: American Responses to the Palestine Crisis of 1929–1930......Page 409
Yehuda Eloni, Zionismus in Deutschland, von den Anfängen bis 1914. Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Deutsche Geschichte......Page 412
Sergio Itzhak Minerbi, Havatikan, erez hakodesh vehaziyonut, 1895–1925......Page 414
Amos Perlmutter, The Life and Times of Menachem Begin......Page 416
Avraham Schweitzer, Israel: The Changing National Agenda......Page 419
David Shipler, Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land......Page 420
Ehud Sprinzak, Ish hayashar be'einav......Page 423
Emmanuel Wald, Kelalat hakelim hashevurim: dimdumei ha'ozmah hazevait vehamediniyut hayisraelit, 1967–1982......Page 424
Walter F. Weiker, The Unseen Israelis: The Jews from Turkey in Israel......Page 426
Yael Yishai, Land or Peace: Whither Israel?......Page 428
Yitzhak Arad, Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps......Page 431
David Engel, In the Shadow of Auschwitz: The Polish Government-in-Exile and the Jews, 1939–1942......Page 435
Shimon Huberband, Kiddush Hashem: Jewish Religious and Cultural Life in Poland During the Holocaust......Page 437
Sharon R. Lowenstein, Token Refuge: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Shelter at Oswego, 1944–1946......Page 439
Robert Wistrich, Hitler's Apocalypse: Jews and the Nazi Legacy......Page 442
Zbynek Zeman, Heckling Hitler: Caricatures of the Third Reich......Page 444
Susan Zuccotti, The Italians and the Holocaust: Persecution, Rescue and Survival......Page 445
Ronald W. Zweig, German Reparations and the Jewish World: A History of the Claims Conference......Page 448
Lewis Fried (ed.), Handbook of American-Jewish Literature: An Analytical Guide to Topics, Themes, and Sources......Page 449
Grace Farrell Lee, From Exile to Redemption: The Fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer......Page 451
Recently Completed Doctoral Dissertations......Page 453
Contents for Volume VIII......Page 455
