{"product_id":"the-jewish-state-a-century-later-by-alan-dowty","title":"The Jewish State A Century later. By Alan Dowty","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003eUpdated with a New Preface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eAs the fiftieth anniversary of Israeli statehood approaches, along with the commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the World Zionist Organization, the question of what is meant by a \"Jewish\" state is particularly timely. Alan Dowty takes on that question in a book that is admirable for its clarity and its comprehensive interpretation of the historical roots and contemporary functioning of Israel.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eIsraeli nationhood, democracy, and politics did not unfold in a social or political vacuum, but developed from power-sharing practices in pre-state Jewish communities in Palestine and in Eastern Europe. Dowty elucidates the broad cluster of cultural, historical, and ideological tenets which came to comprise Israel's contemporary political system. He demonstrates that such tenets were not arbitrary but in fact developed logically from Jewish political habits and the circumstances of time. Dowty illustrates how these traditions are balanced with those of ideology and modernization, and he provides an integrated, sophisticated analysis of the Israeli nation's formation and present state.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eDowty also proposes thoughtful answers to puzzles regarding the strengths and weaknesses of Israeli democracy in responding to the challenges of communal divisions, religious contention, the country's non-Jewish minority, and accommodation with the Palestinians. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe Jewish State\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e will be invaluable for anyone looking for that one book that gives an intelligent overview of both Israel today and of its origins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253233225893,"sku":"MIS-ADL-E-10045","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/MIS-ADL-E-10045.jpg?v=1724996320","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/the-jewish-state-a-century-later-by-alan-dowty","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}