Rereading Israel: The Spirit of the Matter [Hardcover]

Setting aside vitriolic debates and worn postures,Rereading Israelrefreshes current conversations about Israel, opening Jewish sources to interpret Israel in critical, innovative, and inspiring ways. The book presents readers with an opportunity to engage ethically, intellectually, and emotionally, challenging them to apply the resources at their disposal to grapple honestly and creatively with land and people, history, text, and spirit. This consideration invites those who read into a deep exploration of their roles and their relationships to the destiny of a profoundly human and unfinished sacred project. [A] highly original book . . . . At once brisk and spiritual,Rereading Israelfinds inspiration . . . for the construction of a mature, fulfilled Jewish nation state.   —Times of Israel

This is a beautiful and profound book. Using a symphony of sources, expertly traveling between modern Western concepts and traditional Jewish texts, Bonna Devora Haberman brings new dimensions to our understanding and appreciation for Zionism.  —Gil Troy, author, Why I Am a Zionist [A] deeply learned, fluent case for a Zionism that is passionate, faithful, and innovative all at once. Neither stuffy nor superficial, this is a book to ignite those who will carry the Zionist dream into the future.  —David J. Wolpe, author,Why Faith Matters

Bonna Devora Habermanis the founder and former director of the Mistabra Institute for Textual Activism at Brandeis University, and a former lecturer at Harvard University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has helped initiate a movement for women’s public participation and leadership in Judaism and also codirects YTheater, an Israeli-Palestinian theater project.