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• W288619268 abstract "THE STATE OF THE JEWS: A MULTIFACETED ANALYSIS The State of Jews: A Critical Appraisal, by Edward Alexander, Transaction Publishers, 2012,248 pp.Reviewed by Sarah SchmidtIn Ihe State of Jews, Edward Alexander, professor emeritus of English at University of Washington, has collected twenty-seven previously written brief essays in an attempt to make a strong case primarily against Jewish intellectuals who never seem to question their almost automatic equation of Judaism with liberal values, those who have forgotten that primary duty of Jewish people is to survive. Most of essays are book reviews published originally in American journals and newspapers, mainly in Chicago Jewish Star, and together they form a strong indictment of liberal beliefs in general, and particularly of those opposed to survival of Jewish people. In process Alexander takes aim not only at usual suspects-Noam Chomsky, Tonyjudt et al.-but also at the Pharaoh who knew not Joseph, in guise of American president Barack Obama.Alexander s overall thesis stems from a quote by prophet Ezekiel: And [I, God] shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land... By state of Jews, therefore, Alexander means Land of Israel, people of Israel, and relation between two. His appraisal takes form of his attempt to present things as he feels they really are, to probe motives of those who criticize either state or people of Israel. Although Alexander covers a wide range of subjects, this review will focus on three of his essays, those that particularly caught reviewer s interest and that not only reflect Alexanders mastery of Jewish and Zionist themes but also his conservative view of American politics.YEHUDA HALEVI AND MEDIEVAL ZIONISMAlexander s review of Hillel Halkin's Yehuda Halevi connects this book, published in 2010, with Halkin's earlier work, Letters to an American Jewish Friend, published in 1977. Letters is an impressive polemic, one that claims that only Israel will guarantee Jewish future, makingit incumbent on any Jew concerned with survival to move to country where once again we are a people speaking in our own language and living on our own land. In fact, it was a book that heavily influenced my family's decision to move to Israel.Halkin is one of Israel's foremost translators, as well as a frequent (and according to Alexander astute) commentator on politics, one who is often critical of Israeli leftist positions. His new book is not only a biography of Halevi, but also a political argument reinforcing Halkin's thesis in Letters·. Jews should not only dream and pray for restoration of Jewish independence, but also be willing to leave their comfortable lives in Diaspora to join in work of helping shape future of Jewish state and of Jewish people.In Halevi's masterpiece The Kuzari, rabbi against whom Halevi is debating rationalizes that exile is God's plan for Jews, so that they can serve as numerous lights unto nations. In both books Halkin argues against this concept of Diasporism. It reminds him of current anti-aliyah temptations inherent in living easy life. Although leftist critics have claimed that it was Halevi's good fortune to be murdered before he reached Palestine, so that he never had a chance to become disillusioned with his dream, Halkin responds to these cynics by restoring Halevi to his rightful place in Jewish history as one ready to forgo all best of grand Spain/ for one glimpse of Jerusalem's dust.A COMMENTARY ON COMMENTARYRunning Commentary: The Contentious Magazine that Transformed Jewish Left into Neoconservative Right is story of a magazine and people who created it. Benjamin Balint's critical history of journal takes its title from act of Affirmation that appeared in inaugural edition in 1945, a time when World War II had ended, age of nuclear destruction had begun, and destruction of European Jewry was a matter of common knowledge. …" @default.
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