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  • Zionism Decoded in 101 Quotes

    by Yakov Rabkin ...
    What is Zionism, where did it come from, and why does it continue to shape Israeli policy, politics and propaganda? With Zionism Decoded in 101 Quotes, Yakov Rabkin dispels common misconceptions about Zionism beginning with its origins in 17th century Protestant England. When the political ideology finally attracted Jews over two centuries later, it caused a profound rift that persists to this day ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Israel In Palestine

    Jewish Rejection of Zionism

    by Yakov M Rabkin, Chas W Freeman ...
    In the wake of the Hamas attack of October 7 and the Israeli response, historian and current affairs commentator Yakov Rabkin brings together his writings that shed light on the violence in Palestine since the creation of the State of Israel.For decades, Yakov Rabkin has drawn attention to the danger Israel has posed to both Palestinians and Jews, both in Israel and in other countries. Far from ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • What is Modern Israel?

    by Yakov M. Rabkin ...
    Few countries provoke as much passion and controversy as Israel. What is Modern Israel? convincingly demonstrates that its founding ideology - Zionism - is anything but a simple reaction to antisemitism. Dispelling the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the state of Israel, Yakov Rabkin points to the Protestant roots of Zionism, in order to explain the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Demodernization

    A Future in the Past

    by Yakov Rabkin, Mikhail Minakov, Fabian Zuk, Philippe Genequand, Francisco Rivera, Orit Bashkin, Detlev Quintern, Hitoshi Suzuki, Ilan Pappé0, Guy Lanoue1, Richard Foltz2, Marc Jeandesboz3, Olivier Bauer4, Jo-Ansie van Wyk5, Meir Amor6, Jean-Luc Gautero7, Marc Goetzmann8, Bertrand Cochard9 ...
    Medical doctors driving taxis, architects selling beer on street corners, scientific institutes closed down amid rusting carcasses of industrial plants—these images became common at the turn of the 21st century in many once modern “civilized” countries. In quite a few of them, long-time neighbours came to kill each other, apparently motivated by the newly discovered differences of religion, ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Jewish Studies and Israel Studies in the Twenty-First Century

    Intersections and Prospects

    by Yossi Ben-Harush, Dzmitry Shavialiou, Amir Rezaeipanah, Özgür Kaymak, Yakov Rabkin, Yaacov Yadgar, Aharon Klieman, Shlomit Attias, Achim Rohde, Dani Kranz, Tryce Hyman, Alan T. Levenson, Johannes Becke ...
    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory
    Jewish studies has been a vibrant academic discipline for many decades, and since the establishment of the Association for Israel Studies in 1985 to engage in research on the history, politics, society, and culture of the modern state of Israel, the two disciplines have worked along parallel tracks in universities. This book focuses on the vibrant academic field of Israel studies and its complex ... Read more

    $45.39 CAD

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    The Rise and Threat of Global Antisemitism

    by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen ...
    A groundbreaking — and terrifying — examination of the widespread resurgence of antisemitism in the 21st century, by the prize-winning and #1 internationally bestselling author of Hitler's Willing Executioners.Antisemitism never went away, but since the turn of the century it has multiplied beyond what anyone would have predicted. It is openly spread by intellectuals, politicians and religious ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • A Lethal Obsession

    Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad

    by Robert S. Wistrich ...
    In this unprecedented work two decades in the making, leading historian Robert S. Wistrich examines the long and ugly history of anti-Semitism, from the first recorded pogrom in 38 BCE to its shocking and widespread resurgence in the present day. As no other book has done before it, A Lethal Obsession reveals the causes behind this shameful and persistent form of hatred and offers a sobering look ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Jews and Power

    by Ruth R. Wisse ...
    Series series Jewish Encounters Series
    Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesTaking in everything from the Kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, Ruth Wisse offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. Traditional Jews believed that upholding the covenant with God constituted a treaty with the most powerful force in the universe; this later transformed itself into a belief that, unburdened by a military, Jews ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Saving Israel

    How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End

    by Daniel Gordis ...
    Is Israel worth saving, and if so, how do we secure its future?The Jewish State must end, say its enemies, from intellectuals like Tony Judt to hate-filled demagogues like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even average Israelis are wondering if they wouldn't be better off somewhere else and whether they ought to persevere. Daniel Gordis is confident his fellow Jews can renew their faith in the cause, and in ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Those Who Forget the Past

    The Question of Anti-Semitism

    by Cynthia Ozick ...
    Something has changed.After the horrors of World War II, people everywhere believed that it could never happen again, but today the evidence is unmistakable that anti-Semitism is dramatically on the rise once more. The torching of European synagogues, suicide terror in Israel, the relentless comparison of the Israelis to Nazis, the paranoid post–September 11 Internet-bred conspiracy theories, the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Zionism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Stanislawski ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Zionism is the nationalist movement affirming Jewish people's right to self-determination through the establishment of a Jewish national state in its ancient homeland. It is one of the most controversial ideologies in the world. Its supporters laud its success at liberating the Jewish people after millennia of persecution and at securing the creation of Israel. But to its opponents, Zionism relies ... Read more

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  • Essential Israel

    Essays for the 21st Century

    by Arnon Golan, Maoz Azaryahu, Michael Brenner, Alan Dowty, David Makovsky, Gil Troy, Yedidia Stern, Donna Robinson Divine, Steven Bayme, David Ellenson, Yaakov Ariel, Norman Stillman, Rachel S. Harris, Ranen Omer-Sherman, Carol Troen ...
    Series series Perspectives on Israel Studies
    "An excellent tool in Middle Eastern politics classes [and] an intellectual resource for experts who want to learn more about the complexities of Israel."— Reading ReligionAmericans debate constantly about Israel, its place in the Middle East, and its relations with the United States. Essential Israel examines a wide variety of complex issues and current concerns in historical and contemporary ... Read more

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