Jewish Peoplehood

Ezra Kopelowitz is a sociologist specializing in Israel-Diaspora relations and issues of Jewish identity, education and religion in Israel and the United States. From 2000-2003, Dr. Kopelowitz served as Director of the Research Activities of the Department of Jewish Education of the Jewish Agency for Israel and as a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University, in 2004. Menachem Revivi received his BA in psychology and sociology from Bar Ilan University in Israel and his master’s degree in educational psychology from New York University. For the past twenty-five years, Mr. Revivi has been a leader in Israeli and Jewish Communal affairs and is recognized for his expertise in the areas of Jewish education and Israel-Diaspora relations.

• Preface. Editor's Note. Introduction: Four Questions Concerning Peoplehood - And Just as Many Answers. The Problem of Jewish Peoplehood. The Anomalies of Jewish Political Identity. On Modern Jewish Identities. The Jewish People and the Israeli Nation. Jewish Sectarianism and Jewish Peoplehood. A Sociologist's Guide for Building Jewish Peoplehood. A New Understanding of Peoplehood: The Jewish Conversation. Against the Cultural Grain: Jewish Peophood for the 21st Century. Jewish Literary Manifesto (in First Person Feminine). Your People Shall Be My People - Notes on Nurturing Jewish Peoplehood. Afterword. Author Biographies. Index.