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Engaging Israel – Insiders/Outsiders
Zionism: The Question of Sovereignty
Alexander Yakobson and Amnon Rubinstein, " The Establishment of the State of Israel ," from Israel and the Family of Nations (2009), pp. 12-30
" Songs of Freedom in a Syrian Prison "; "The Last Ethiopian Seder, 1991"; "The Hunger Strike Seder, 1946"; "Dream Freedom, 2002"; "The Ethiopian Journey to the Land of Israel" from A Night to Remember by Mishael Zion and Noam Zion
Michael Sandel, " What Do We Owe One Another? Dilemmas of Loyalty ," from Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do (2009), pp. 208-243.
" Yoni Netanyahu " from A Different Light edited by Noam Zion and Barbara Spectre (2000)
David Ben Gurion, " The Imperatives of the Jewish Revolution " (1944), from The Zionist Idea, pp. 606-619
Amos Oz, " The Meaning of Homeland ," from Zionism: The Sequel edited by Carol Diament (1998)
Israel: The Challenge of Power
David Hartman, Conflicting Visions: Spiritual Possibilities of Modern Israel
Yossi Klein-Halevi, " The Asymmetry of Pity ," Best Jewish Writing 2002, pp. 243-254
IDF: Ethics of Power
Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars , pp. 144-146; 225-232
Jewish State: The Dilemmas of Democracy
Alexander Yabokson and Amnon Rubinstein, Israel and the Family of Nations (2009), pp. 1-11
Menachem Lorberbaum, " Religion and State in Israel " from Judaism and the Challenges of Modern Life, edited by Moshe Halbertal and Donniel Hartman, pp. 152-164
IRAC Center in Jerusalem for Religious Pluralism – Background Papers
Jews and Non-Jews: Chosenness and its Consequences
David Hartman, " Revelation and Creation " from A Heart of Many Rooms
Us and Them: Jewish Responsibility for the World
Citizen and Stranger: Ethnic Others in Our Communities
(Note: The link above includes both of these documents:)
David Hartman, Conflicting Visions: Spiritual Possibilities of Modern Israel
Yossi Klein Halevi, "The Asymmetry of Pity," Best Jewish Writing 2002, pp. 243-254
Cynthia Ozick, " Notes toward Finding the Right Question ," from Lilith Magazine (1979)
Judith Plaskow, " The Right Question is Theological "
from On Being A Jewish Feminist by Susannah Heschel (Schocken Books, 1983)
Judith Plaskow, " Beyond Egalitarianism ," from Tikkun 5 (1990)
Rachel Sabath-Beit Halachmi, " The Changing Status of Women in Liberal Judaism: A Reflective Critique ," in Moshe Halbertal and Donniel Hartman (eds.), Judaism and the Challenges of Modern Life (Continuum 2007)
Members and Non-Members: Frameworks for Co-existence
Donniel Hartman, " The Modern Problem of ‘Who Are the Jews ,’" from The Boundaries of Judaism (Continuum 2007)
Donniel Hartman, " Towards a Contemporary Theory of Boundaries ," from The Boundaries of Judaism (Continuum 2007)
Donniel Hartman, " The ‘Rehabilitation’ of the Karaites ," from Michael Walzer, Menachem Lorberbaum, Noam J. Zohar (eds.), The Jewish Political Tradition, Volume II (Yale University Press 2003)
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