The Challenge of Shalom: The Jewish Tradition of Peace and Justice

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New Society Publishers, 1994 - Jewish-Arab relations - 278 pages
These essays shed light on the little known but powerful tradition of Jewish nonviolence--upholding reverence for life, passion for justice, and empathy for suffering. Written by many contributors, this inspiring text includes sections on tradition, the Holocaust, Israel, and many other topics.

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Contents

Introduction
1
A Prayer for Peace
7
Shalom
16
Copyright

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The Challenge of Shalom: The Jewish Tradition of Peace and Justice
Murray Polner,Naomi Goodman
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Abraham Joshua Heschel Amalek American American-Jewish animals anti-Semitism Arab asked believe Ben Linder Biblical Breira called camps capital punishment civil disobedience commitment conflict conscience conscientious objector death divine earth Einstein enemy evil faith fear feel felt force German ghetto God's Hasidic heart Hebrew Heschel Hitler Hoffman Hofshi Holocaust holy human International Israel Israeli peace Jerusalem Jewish community Jewish pacifists Jewish Peace Fellowship Jewish tradition Jewish women Jews Jim Forest Joseph Abileah Judaism justice kill King leaders Linder live Martin Buber means military moral murder Nazi Nicaragua nonviolence nuclear organization pacifism pacifist pacifoid Palestine Palestinians participation peace activists peace movement person political pray prayer principle prophets question Rabbi reconciliation refused religious resistance role Shalom society spirit survival Talmud teaching Torah University values vegetarian victims violence War Resisters League WILPF York Zionist

About the author (1994)

Murray Polner was a voice for pacifism and civil liberties and the founder and only editor of Present Tense magazine, a progressive counterpoint to Commentary that began in a period of one-upmanship among Jewish intellectuals. Past Tense which started as a quarterly in 1973 and was later published bimonthly, was a liberal Jewish journals taking on world affairs. Like Commentary, which was considered somewhat more highbrow and later branded as neoconservative, Present Tense was published by the American Jewish Committee, which blamed financial constraints when Present Tense was closed in 1990. Polner also authored some books including: Disarmed and Dangerous and the Radical Life and Times of Daniel and Philip Berrigan and No Victory Parades: The Return of the Vietnam Veteran. Murray Polner passed away on May 30, 2019 at the age of 91.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Challenge of Shalom: The Jewish Tradition of Peace and Justice
AuthorMurray Polner
EditorsMurray Polner, Naomi Goodman
Editionillustrated
PublisherNew Society Publishers, 1994
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 12, 2011
ISBN0865713014, 9780865713017
Length278 pages
  
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