Beschreibung:
This volume explores the processes that led several modern Jewish leaders - rabbis, politicians, and intellectuals - to make radical changes to their ideology regarding Zionism, Socialism, and Orthodoxy. Comparing their ideological change to acts of conversion, the study examines the philosophical, sociological, and psychological path of the leaders' transformation.
Introduction 1. Moving Away From Communism: The Case of Arthur Koestler 2. "Is it good for the Jews?" The Conversion of Norman Podhoretz, Editor of Commentary magazine, from the New Left to Neoconservatism 3. From Anti-Zionist Orthodoxy to Messianic Religious Zionist: the Case of Yissachar Shlomo Teichtel 4. From Spiritual Conversion to Ideological Conversion: The Quest of Ruth Ben-David 5. The "Deconversion" of Haim Herman Cohn: A Model of Secular Religion 6. Avraham (Avrum) Burg between Religious Zionism and Post-Zionism Concluding remarks