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In Search of Israel - The History of an Idea (Hardcover)
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In Search of Israel - The History of an Idea (Hardcover)
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A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish
state should be Many Zionists who advocated the creation of a
Jewish state envisioned a nation like any other. Yet for Israel's
founders, the state that emerged against all odds in 1948 was
anything but ordinary. Born from the ashes of genocide and a long
history of suffering, Israel was conceived to be unique, a model
society and the heart of a prosperous new Middle East. It is this
paradox, says historian Michael Brenner--the Jewish people's wish
for a homeland both normal and exceptional-that shapes Israel's
ongoing struggle to define itself and secure a place among nations.
In Search of Israel is a major new history of this struggle from
the late nineteenth century to our time. When Theodor Herzl
convened the First Zionist Congress in 1897, no single solution to
the problem of "normalizing" the Jewish people emerged. Herzl
proposed a secular-liberal "New Society" that would be home to Jews
and non-Jews alike. East European Zionists advocated the renewal of
the Hebrew language and the creation of a distinct Jewish culture.
Socialists imagined a society of workers' collectives and farm
settlements. The Orthodox dreamt of a society based on the laws of
Jewish scripture. The stage was set for a clash of Zionist dreams
and Israeli realities that continues today. Seventy years after its
founding, Israel has achieved much, but for a state widely viewed
as either a paragon or a pariah, Brenner argues, the goal of
becoming a state like any other remains elusive. If the Jews were
the archetypal "other" in history, ironically, Israel-which so much
wanted to avoid the stamp of otherness-has become the Jew among the
nations.
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