Meir Kahane : The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical /

The life and politics of an American Jewish activist who preached radical and violent means to Jewish survivalMeir Kahane came of age amid the radical politics of the counterculture, becoming a militant voice of protest against Jewish liberalism. Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968, dec...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magid, Shaul, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kahane, Meir.
Rabbis.
Political activists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
Activistes > Israël > Biographies.
Rabbins > Israël > Biographies.
Activistes > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Rabbins > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Political activists > Israel > Biography.
Rabbis > Israel > Biography.
Political activists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Rabbis > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
New York (State) > New York.
Israel.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why Kahane?
  • 1. Liberalism: Kahane in context: radicalism and liberalism in 1960s American Jewry
  • 2. Radicalism: radical bedfellows: Meir Kahane and the "New Jews" in the late 1960s
  • 3. Race and racism: Kahane on race and Judeo-pessimism
  • 4. Communism: Vietnam and Soviet Jewry: Kahane's battle against communism
  • 5. Zionism: Kahane's Zionism: the political experiment of abnormality and its tragic demise
  • 6. Militant post-Zionist apocalypticism: Kahane's the Jewish idea.

Similar Items