| Contents |
Introduction -- Of God. The god of black and white ; The god of social justice ; The god whose law evolves ; Jews without god ; The struggle -- Of Israel. The idea of Israel ; Israel in the Jewish spirit ; Israel at the center ; Israel without Zionism ; Israel as struggle and the question of sin -- Of the Jewish people. What are the Jews? ; The chose ; The marriage plot ; Struggling together with God -- Conclusion: a Jew for all that. |
| Abstract |
"A guide to contemporary Judaism by law professor and public intellectual Noah Feldman"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract |
What does it mean to be a Jew? At a time of worldwide crisis, venerable answers to this question have become unsettled. In To Be a Jew Today, the legal scholar and columnist Noah Feldman draws on a lifelong engagement with his religion to offer a wide-ranging interpretation of Judaism in its current varieties. How do Jews today understand their relationship to God, to Israel, and to each other--and live their lives accordingly? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-380) and index. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction novels. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction novels. |
| LCCN | 2023038955 |
| ISBN | 9780374298340 |
| ISBN | 0374298343 (hardback) |
