{"product_id":"sovereign-jews-yaacov-yadgar-9781438465333","title":"Sovereign Jews: Israel, Zionism, and Judaism","description":"The question of Jewish sovereignty shapes Jewish identity in Israel, the status of non-Jews, and relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews, yet its consequences remain enigmatic. In \u003ci\u003eSovereign Jews\u003c\/i\u003e, Yaacov Yadgar highlights the shortcomings of mainstream discourse and offers a novel explanation of Zionist ideology and the Israeli polity. Yadgar argues that secularism's presumed binary pitting religion against politics is illusory. He shows that the key to understanding this alleged dichotomy is Israel's interest in maintaining its sovereignty as the nation-state of Jews. This creates a need to mark a majority of the population as Jews and to distinguish them from non-Jews. Coupled with the failure to formulate a viable alternative national identity (either \"Hebrew\" or \"Israeli\"), it leads the ostensibly secular state to apply a narrow interpretation of Jewish religion as a political tool for maintaining a Jewish majority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yaacov Yadgar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438465335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438465333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017","brand":"Yaacov Yadgar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44149573517567,"sku":"9781438465333","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1c72dc0-a36f-4ae4-9cfa-c3e5b605c7e0.jpg?v=1688457401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sovereign-jews-yaacov-yadgar-9781438465333","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}