The Israeli Nation-State: Political, Constitutional, and Cultural Challenges (Israel: Society, Culture, and History) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1618113895 ISBN 13: 9781618113894

Publisher: Academic Studies Press, 2014

Synopsis

This volume of original essays, by some of Israel’s most remarkable public and academic voices, offers a series of state-of-the art, accessible analyses of Israel’s ever-evolving theatre of statecraft, public debates, and legal and cultural dramas, its deep divisions and more surprisingly, perhaps its internal affinities and common denominators.

Contributors: Fania Oz-Salzberger, Yedidia Z. Stern, Ayman K. Agbaria, Aviad Bakshi, Ariel L. Bendor, Ruth Gavison, Michael M. Karayanni, David Passig, Avi Sagi, Gideon Sapir, Anita Shapira, Daniel Statman, Gadi Taub, Shira Wolosky, Alexander Yakobson, Yaffa Zilbershats.

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Review:

"An outstanding collection of essays by the leading scholars writing on modern Israel. Anyone who wants to think deeper about the Jewish and democratic character of Israel and the complicated relationship between state and religion should read this book."--Michael Brenner, Distinguished Historian in Residence and Director of the Center for Israel Studies, American University

"The essays in this volume are always illuminating, often passionate, and at times provocative. They enrich our understanding of Israel's political and legal system, and they are particularly useful for providing differing perspectives on the ongoing debate over whether Israel can be both a Jewish and democratic state. Clearly and accessibly written, this volume will be a valuable resource for undergraduates and general readers as well as specialists."--Derek Penslar, Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, University of Oxford

"There can be no more urgent issues facing the contemporary State of Israel than the relationship between democracy and its Jewish identity. In these trenchant and timely essays, the authors--all of them distinguished Israeli scholars--approach the question with tools of political theory, history, law and the philosophy of religion."--David Biale, Emanuel Ringelblum Professor of Jewish History, Chair, Department of History, University of California, Davis

About the Author:

Fania Oz-Salzberger (PhD Oxford University) is professor of history at the University of Haifa Center for German and European Studies and Faculty of Law, where she directs the Posen Research Forum for Political Thought. Among her books are Translating the Enlightenment (1995), Israelis in Berlin (2001), and Jews and Words, co-authored with Amos Oz (2012). She recently edited, with Thomas Maissen, The Liberal-Republican Quandary in Israel, Europe, and the United States (2012).

Yedidia Z. Stern is the Vice President of Research at Israel Democracy Institute, where he heads the projects on Religion and State and Human Rights and Judaism. He is a full professor at Bar-Ilan University Law School, and served as its Dean. His areas of professional interest are religion and state, Jewish law, public law, and corporate law. His awards include the Zeltner Prize for excellence in Legal Research in Israel (2009) and the Gorni Prize for special contribution in public law (2012).

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1618113895
• ISBN 13: 9781618113894
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380
• Editor: Fania Oz-Salzberger, Yedidia Z. Stern