Judaism as a Civilization: Toward a Reconstruction of American-Jewish Life

CONTENTS

CONTENTS Introduction to Judaism as a Civilization at 75 byMelScult Kaplan's Judaism at Sixty: A Reappraisal byArnold Eisen xi Preface to the 1967 Edition xxv Preface to the 1957 Edition xxvii Preface to the 1934 Edition xxix Introduction to the 1981 Edition byArthur Hertzberg xxxiii INTRODUCTORY I. The Present Crisis inJudaism 3 PART ONE. THE FACTORS IN THE CRISIS A. The Factors ofDisintegration II. The Modem Political Order 19 III. The Modem Economic Order 28 Iv. The Modem Ideology 36 B. The Factors ofConservation V. Inherent Factor ofConservation 47 VI. Environmental Factors ofConservation 70 C. The Decisive Factor VII. Needed: A Program ofReconstruction 80 PART TWO. THE CURRENT VERSIONS OFJUDAISM VIII. The Reformist Version ofJudaism 91 IX. Critique ofthe Reformist Version ofJudaism 108 X. ConservativeJudaism (Right Wing ofReformism) 126 XI. The Neo-OrthodoxVersion ofJudaism 133 XII. Critique ofNeo-Orthodoxy 151 XIII. ConservativeJudaism (Left Wing ofNeo-Orthodoxy) 160 CONTENTS PART THREE. THE PROPOSED VERSION OFJUDAISM XIv. Judaism as a Civilization 173 xv. Constituent Elements ofJudaism as a Civilization 186 XVI. Implications ofthe Proposed Version ofJudaism 209 PART FOUR. ISRAEL. THE STATUS AND ORGANIZATION OFJEWRY XVII. The Nationhood ofIsrael XVIII. Nationalism as a Cultural Concept XIX. Cultural Nationalism as the Call ofthe Spirit XX. The Land ofIsrael XXI. Jewish Communal Organization PART FIVE. GOD. THEDEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION XXII. Introductory. The Need for Reorientation to the Problem ofReligion XXIII. The place ofReligion inJewish Life XXIv. The FolkAspect oftheJewish Religion xxv. The Past Stages oftheJewish Religion XXVI. The Functional Method ofInterpretation 227 242 253 264 280 303 311 332 350 385 PART SIX. TORAH. JUDAISMAS A WAY OF LIFE FOR THEAMERICANJEW XXVII. Introductory. Torah as aWay ofLife XXVIII. Jewish Milieu XXIX. Jewish Folkways xxx. Jewish Ethics XXXI. The Meaning ofJewish Education in America CONCLUSION XXXII. CreativeJudaism-A Program Notes Index 409 416 431 460 479 511 523 555 ...