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The Wondering Jew
- Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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A celebrated Israeli author explores the roots of the divide between religion and secularism in Israel today and offers a path to bridging the divide.
Zionism began as a movement full of contradictions, between a pull to the past and a desire to forge a new future. Israel has become a place of fragmentation, between those who sanctify religious tradition and those who wish to escape its grasp. Now, a new middle ground is emerging between religious and secular Jews who want to engage with their heritage - without being restricted by it or losing it completely.
In this incisive book, acclaimed author Micah Goodman explores Israeli Judaism and the conflict between religion and secularism, one of the major causes of political polarization throughout the world. Revisiting traditional religious sources and seminal works of secularism, he reveals that each contains an openness to learn from the other's messages. Goodman challenges both orthodoxies, proposing a new approach to bridge the divide between religion and secularism and pave a path toward healing a society torn asunder by extremism.
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- Abel Halpern
- 08-01-24
We all must read Michal Goodman
Mr Goodman offers us an extraordinary synthesis of religion, philosophy, politics, and social psychology. “The Wondering Jew” constructs a framework to understand the dynamics between Israeli secular Zionism and religious Zionism, as the well as the expanding polarities within each community. He skilfully connects ancient ideas to the ruminations of scholars in Middle Ages (especially Moses Maimonides), with a robust through line to today. Though informed by a critique of contemporary incarnations of Judaism in Israel and in the Diaspora, as well as a reflection on Jewish politics, his message is positive and finds the glass half full. He is by no means a partisan complainer. Instead, he is a visionary, finding the good on all “sides” of the argument regarding Jewish identity. Goodman suggests concrete ideas and actions for society, and for each of us as individuals. If you have an open mind, regardless of what jersey you wear, this work creates a dynamic thought architecture that facilitates a reflection on where we are today, Micah Goodman writes with fluidity and intuitive, linear logic. As such, the book is extremely accessible and a pleasure to read. I rate “The Wondering Jew” eleven, on a scale of ten!
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