To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel - Couverture rigide

Neumann, Jonathan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1250160871 ISBN 13 : 9781250160874

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2018

Synopsis

The concept that rests at the core of Jewish leftists' belief systems is called tikkun olam, or healing the world. Believers in this notion claim that the Bible asks for more than piety and moral behaviour; Jews must also endeavor to make the world a better place. This idea has led to overwhelming Jewish participation in the social justice movement, as such actions are believed to be biblically mandated. There's only one problem: the Bible says no such thing. Tikkun Olam, an invention of the Jewish left, has diluted millennia of Jewish practice and belief into a vague feel-good religion of social justice. In To Heal the World, Jonathan Neumann uses religious and political history to debunk this pernicious idea, and to show how the bible was twisted by Jewish liberals to support a radical left-wing agenda. Neumann explains how the Jewish Renewal movement aligned itself with the New Left of the 1960s, and redirected the perspective of the Jewish community towards liberalism and social justice. He exposes the key figures responsible for this effort, shows that it lacks any real biblical basis, and outlines the debilitating effect it has had on Judaism itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Neumann is a graduate of Cambridge University and the London School of Economics. He has written for various American, British, and Israeli publications, was the Tikvah Fellow at Commentary magazine, and has served as assistant editor at Jewish Ideas Daily. He is the author of To Heal the World?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1250160871
• ISBN 13: 9781250160874
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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