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A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should be Many Zionists who advocated the creation of a Jewish state envisioned a nation like any other. Yet for Israel's founders, the state that emerged against all odds in 1948 was anything but ordinary. Born from the ashes of genocide and a long history of suffering, Israel was conceived to be unique, a model society and the heart of a prosperous new Middle East. It is this paradox, says historian Michael Brenner--the Jewish people's wish for a homeland both normal and exceptionalthat shapes Israel's ongoing struggle to define itself and secure a place among nations. In Search of Israel is a major new history of this struggle from the late nineteenth century to our time. When Theodor Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress in 1897, no single solution to the problem of "normalizing" the Jewish people emerged. Herzl proposed a secular-liberal "New Society" that would be home to Jews and non-Jews alike. East European Zionists advocated the renewal of the Hebrew language and the creation of a distinct Jewish culture. Socialists imagined a society of workers' collectives and farm settlements. The Orthodox drea

Who reads In Search of Israel : The History of an Idea?

Author

Brenner, Michael, 1964- author; Translation of: Brenner, Michael, 1964- Israel

Publisher

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691203973

Category

history

Subjects

History, Judaism, Religion

Rating

4.5 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14