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Chapter 7. Empire of Charity: The Politics of American Jewish Philanthropy in Interwar Poland
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction. The Study of Jewish Politics and the Politics of Jewish Studies 1
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PART I. MALCHUYOT (REGIMES)
- Chapter 1. Dignity and Dugri: The Abiding Appeal of Sovereignty Without Institutions 29
- Chapter 2. Halakhah from the Bench? A New Perspective on the Use of Jewish Law in Israel’s Supreme Court 54
- Chapter 3. Fleshpots in the Promised Land: On the Possibility of Zionism Without Negating the Exile 77
- Chapter 4. Communal Organization in the Diaspora 99
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PART II. ZICHRONOT (REMEMBRANCES)
- Chapter 5. R. Ḥayyim Ṿital’s Political Imagination: Localizing the Dream Messianism of Sefer ha-Ḥezyonot 119
- Chapter 6. “Jewish Philosophy” and the Politics of German-Jewish Thought Between the World Wars 141
- Chapter 7. Empire of Charity: The Politics of American Jewish Philanthropy in Interwar Poland 160
- Chapter 8. Jewish and Other Zionisms: Reflections on Race, Ethnocentrism, and Nationalism 178
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PART III. SHOFAROT (BLASTS)
- Chapter 9. Women of the Wall, Temple Mount Activism, and the Dilemmas of Jewish Feminism in an Occupied Space 201
- Chapter 10. A Theological Critique of the Political 223
- Chapter 11. Love, Judgment, and Antisemitism: The Case of Alice Walker 239
- Notes 257
- List of Contributors 301
- Index 303
- Acknowledgments 313
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction. The Study of Jewish Politics and the Politics of Jewish Studies 1
-
PART I. MALCHUYOT (REGIMES)
- Chapter 1. Dignity and Dugri: The Abiding Appeal of Sovereignty Without Institutions 29
- Chapter 2. Halakhah from the Bench? A New Perspective on the Use of Jewish Law in Israel’s Supreme Court 54
- Chapter 3. Fleshpots in the Promised Land: On the Possibility of Zionism Without Negating the Exile 77
- Chapter 4. Communal Organization in the Diaspora 99
-
PART II. ZICHRONOT (REMEMBRANCES)
- Chapter 5. R. Ḥayyim Ṿital’s Political Imagination: Localizing the Dream Messianism of Sefer ha-Ḥezyonot 119
- Chapter 6. “Jewish Philosophy” and the Politics of German-Jewish Thought Between the World Wars 141
- Chapter 7. Empire of Charity: The Politics of American Jewish Philanthropy in Interwar Poland 160
- Chapter 8. Jewish and Other Zionisms: Reflections on Race, Ethnocentrism, and Nationalism 178
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PART III. SHOFAROT (BLASTS)
- Chapter 9. Women of the Wall, Temple Mount Activism, and the Dilemmas of Jewish Feminism in an Occupied Space 201
- Chapter 10. A Theological Critique of the Political 223
- Chapter 11. Love, Judgment, and Antisemitism: The Case of Alice Walker 239
- Notes 257
- List of Contributors 301
- Index 303
- Acknowledgments 313