Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation: The Challenge of the 21st Century

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Introduction......Page 20
1. A Shattered Witness......Page 34
The Witness of Elie Wiesel......Page 37
A Broken Covenant......Page 41
The Commanding Voice of Auschwitz......Page 43
Moment Faiths......Page 45
The Holocaust as a Universal Crisis......Page 47
2. The Cost of Empowerment......Page 50
The Third Era of Jewish History......Page 51
The New Anti-Semitism......Page 60
Jews Without Mercy......Page 62
Holocaust as Burden......Page 70
Dissenters in Zion......Page 79
Prophetic Warnings......Page 84
4. A Tradition of Dissent......Page 94
The Internal Conflict over Zionism, 1937-1967......Page 95
Victory and Occupation, 1967-1987......Page 100
Jewish Responses to the First Palestinian Uprising, 1987-93......Page 109
Oslo, the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and Beyond, 1993-98......Page 120
Responses to the Second Palestinian Uprising--200 and Beyond......Page 126
5. Toward an Inclusive Liturgy of Destruction......Page 134
Bitburg and the Messianic......Page 137
Thinking the Unthinkable......Page 143
Envisioning a Common History......Page 153
The Revenging Must Stop......Page 160
6. Liberation Struggles and the Jewish Community......Page 164
Liberation Theologies from Around the World......Page 165
A Palestinian Theology of Liberation......Page 171
1. Wrestling with Christian Theologies of Liberation......Page 182
2. Listening to the Witness of Etty Hillesum and Martin Buber......Page 196
3. Envisioning Jerusalem as the Broken Middle of Israel/Palestine......Page 210
4. Embracing a Revolutionary Forgiveness......Page 216
7. From Holocaust to Solidarity......Page 222
The Challenges of a New Theology......Page 223
Practicing Justice and Compassion in a Post-Holocaust/Post-September 11th World......Page 232
Is Peace Possible in the Middle East in the 21st Century? Some Guidelines......Page 237
Epilogue: The Coming of Constantinian and Evangelical Judaism......Page 246
Notes......Page 254
Index......Page 272