Bisk and Dror assert that the 21st Century can be the Jewish Century, that no other people is better prepared to face its challenges. However, to do so, a stress on the Jewish Future must replace a preoccupation with the Jewish Past. They offer a neo-Zionist ideological analysis of modern Jewish life as an alternative to both classical Zionism and post-Zionism. They conceptualize a Jewish Grand Strategy by clearly defining and delineating between ideology, policy, grand strategy, strategy and tactics, with compelling proposals for what such a revised Grand Straegy might entail.They suggest a concept of reinvigorated Israel-Diaspora relations based on this new Grand Strategy and the potential of the Information Technology Revolution. They also offer a conception of Jewish spirituality that could be as appealing to secular as to religious Jews. They reject the concept of a Nation that Dwells Alone. Throughout the ages, Jews have affected and been affected by the world more than any other People they assert. They also reject the view that suffering is the dominant feature of Jewish history as this lachrymose perception cannot inspire needed Jewish ambitions in the young. They stress the needs of the Jewish person and insist that there can be no real significance to the continued existence of the Jewish People unless the real life, concrete needs of the individual are addressed. As former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations and former Cabinent Minister Gad Yaacobi asserts in his foreword, The book is original, iconoclastic and in some ways revolutionary ... it challenges inherited assumptions and calls for positive action. I believe we have before us a book that must become a reference point for Jewish policy makers as quickly as possible.
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Bisk and Dror present an examination of where the Jewish People are at the beginning of the 21st century and what the future may hold for them. The authors provide a comprehensive critique and a vision of the future that is both challenging and positive.
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Foreword by Gad Yaacobi Preface Acknowledgments Introduction-The Task of the Jewish Futurist The World We Live In The Triumph of Zionism Zionism in the 21st Century The Special Case of American Jewry Israeli Grand Strategy: A Historical Critique Reinventing Israeli Grand Strategy Reinventing Israel-Diaspora Relations The Future of Arab-Jewish Relations The Future of Ethnic Relations and Israeli Culture The Future of Jewish-Christian Relations The Future of Jewish Identity The Cyber World We Live In The Future of Jewish Spirituality The Future of Jewish Learning The Jewish Community in Cyberspace Appendix Glossary Bibliography Index
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Examines where the Jewish People are at the beginning of the 21st Century and where they go from there.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780275969080
Publisert
2003-11-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Aldersnivå
G, P, U, 01, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288
Om bidragsyterne
TSVI BISK is founder and director of the Strategic Educational Planning Institute.
RABBI/DR. MOSHE DROR is the Media Director and Futurist at The National Teachers Center for the Study of Judaica, Humanities and Society, an arm of the Israeli Ministry of Education.