Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction: A Twenty- First-Century Dilemma 1
4. PART I THE CLASH OF IDENTITIES THAT RUPTURED ISRAELI JUDAISM
5. Introduction 15
6. 1 The Great Revolt 21
7. 2 The New Orthodoxy 31
8. PART II ALTERNATIVE SECULARISM
9. Introduction 43
10. 3 Cultural Secularism 47
11. 4 Mystical Secularism 61
12. 5 Halakhic Secularism 71
13. 6 Is Secular Judaism Still Judaism? 77
14. PART III ALTERNATIVE RELIGIOSITY
15. Introduction 97
16. 7 Messianic Religious Zionism 103
17. 8 Non- Diasporic Judaism 111
18. 9 Sephardic Rabbis and Traditionalist Judaism 129
19. PART IV TOWARD A REVITALIZED JUDAISM
20. Introduction 145
21. 10 Parallel Worlds, Parallel Divisions 149
22. 11 Self- Confidence and Fears About Identity 163
23. 12 The Israeli Middle Ground 171
24. Afterword: A Digital- Free Sabbath 181
25. Notes 191
26. Acknowledgments 245
27. Index 249