|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
| "Making My Jewishness Too Visible": An Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | "The Racists of America Fly Blindly at Both of Us": Atrocity Analogies and Anticommunism | 19 |
| 2 | "Liberal Judaism Is a Contradiction in Terms": Antiracist Zionists, Prophetic Jews, and Their Critics | 45 |
| 3 | "Artificial Altruism Sows Only Seeds of Error and Chaos": Desegregation and Jewish Survival | 76 |
| 4 | "Protect and Keep": Vietnam, Israel, and the Politics of Theology | 112 |
| 5 | "If There Was Dirty Linen, It Had to Be Washed": Jews for Urban Justice and Radical Judaism | 153 |
| 6 | "We Are Coming Home": New Left Jews and Radical Zionism | 194 |
| 7 | "Are You Against the Jewish Family?": Debating the Sexual Revolution | 241 |
| 8 | "If We Really Care About Israel": Breira and the Limits of Dissent | 280 |
| Notes | 309 | |
| Acknowledgments | 365 | |
| Index | 367 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Lorraine Corvino
reviewed Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America on December 20, 2014
Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
This book fits so squarely within my intellectual interests it's silly. Like I've mentioned before, I think I'm a bit more demanding on academic books. I'm really looking for a solid, cohesive argument, and "Torns at the Roots" didn't 100% get there.
BUT: It was engagingly written for an academic book (the worst I could say is that the word "ambivalent" appeared here about 40 too many times) and Staub covers all sorts of different, interesting topics in a logical way. You can clearly see how arguments over civil rights moved into ones over Vietnam moved into ones over women's lib, etc etc. It's an intellectual history, so this is basically a summary of back-and-forth arguments. He said/she said stuff. But, to me at least, it was fascinating, and I really appreciated all the nuance re: what Jewishness means. That nuance is definitely something I'm hungry for in my personal life, so I really enjoyed the read overall.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America, , Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America, , Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America to your collection on WonderClub |
