Jewish Fundamentalism Research Articles

Jewish fundamentalism and extremism - the case of Gush Emunim

Jewish fundamentalism and extremism - the case of Gush Emunim

Military AI, sacred violence, and war in the Middle East

Israel’s commitment to a policy of collective punishment, disproportionate response, outright assassination and ethnic cleansing are the culmination of a long process. It has its origins in the expropriations organized by colonial powers, as does the state of Israel itself, but the proximate causes are the recent turn in politics to Biblical Jewish fundamentalism and an irrational enthusiasm for new military technologies, especially AI. These have led to important changes in official Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) policies, including a fundamental degradation of their ethical code.

" The origins of the neo-conservative political thought between Straussie and Trotskyism and its implications for the Arab region"

The origins of the political thought of the neo-conservative movement stem from non-American European references, and non-Christian Jewish theological beliefs, especially the ideas of Leo Strauss, the German Jewish thinker, and Leo Trotsky, the Russian Jewish thinker who formulated the idea of ​​the neo-conservative movement with this conclusion that drew its horizons to the world, especially the Middle East from In order to achieve the greatness of the American Empire, its hegemony and its sovereignty over the whole world, and because the theological references of the movement are of Jewish fundamentalism (Strauss and Trotsky), this opened the door of ideological affiliation to the movement in front of the Jews of America and Europe. And then, in a geopolitical way, it affected the Middle East, where securing the existence of (the Zionist entity) / “the State of Israel” required that intervention in the affairs of the countries of the Arab region as neighbors of the Zionist entity, and demanded a just solution to the Palestinian issue, and this influence is one of the most prominent pillars and foundations of the political thought of the neo-conservative movement In the USA and the world.
 It seems that the influence of the revolutionary Trotskyite philosophy is more evident in neo-conservative thought than the influence of Straussian philosophy, although this reference was not explicitly declared in the literature of American political thought or political thought critical of neo-conservative thought, which is what we perceive in this study as new, especially if We looked at the origins of the Zionist movement in its infancy with "Leo Pinsker", "Theodor Herzl", "Vladimir-Raif Jabotinsky" who write down the most socialist whose heirs from the Zionists benefited from the exploitation and employment of Trotsky's socialist ideas to a greater extent than Strauss, and they presented the socialist system over the liberal in formulating the idea Zionism

Pengertian dan Makna Sekularisasi

Recently, the theory of secularization has been hot and hotly discussed again, this is part of the increasing political influence of mass organizations and religious movements in various places. Like the Christian right in North America, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, fundamentalism in India and Islamic fundamentalism in many countries, one of which is Europe. This is also related to the increasing willingness of a person to various kinds of spirituality, such as New Age, which is not the same as the old forms of formal religion. All these advances undermine not only the basic assumptions of secularization theory, which shows the declining role of religion in modern times, but also the old formulation of the separation of church and state. These are the times when Nancy Robsenblum’s use of “civic obligations” is increasingly displaced by “demands of faith”.

Some structural and contemporary observations on Israeli politics around the "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel" volume of Shahak&Mezvinsky

Israel’s aggressive foreign policy and use of excessive violence trigger profound concerns and draw reaction from regional countries and international community. Israel’s sui generis domestic factors, created by socio-cultural and historically-religiously legitimized claims, closely affect its aggressiveness within the country and beyond. This article will follow a different perspective in analyzing this situation; first, Israeli domestic politics shaped by religious parameters will be discussed in detail around Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Israel Shahak and Norton Mezvinsky’s well-known research. Then contemporary dynamics in Israeli politics creating a strong religious-right tendency will be evaluated while focusing on the last parliamentary elections (March 2021).

In between neo-liberalism and religious fundamentalism

This article provides a framework to understand the ways in which the Israeli state, Jewishness, neo-liberalisation and religionization of the Zionist project have been interwoven historically. This interweaving, however, has deepened since the beginning of Israeli religionization after the 1967 war and especially with Israel’s embrace of neoliberalisation during the 1980s. It examines the effects these have had on gender relations in Israel, focusing on the incorporation of ultra-orthodox Israeli Jewish women into the labour market and higher education as an illustrative case study.
 Key words: Israel, Zionism, Jewishness, religionization, Jewish fundamentalism, neo-liberalisation, ultra-orthodox women.

Introduction

Introduction Aryeh Botwinick (bio) On November 18–20, 2018, Annabel Herzog (Professor of Political Science at the University of Haifa in Israel) and I (Professor of Religion and formerly Professor of Political Science, both at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA) organized a conference at Haifa with the title, "Asymmetry, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Abrahamic Peace." The two issues of J.E.S. of which I am guest editor constitute the papers from the conference. As many of the essays make clear, the asymmetries in military power and resources between the Israelis and the Palestinians are a major source of the conflict. The multinational and multidimensional conference brought together Israeli, Palestinian, American, and European scholars to discuss the origins, sources, and evolution of the conflict, its current status, and possible modes of resolution. The disciplinary perspectives reflected in these essays range from theology to philosophy to political science, sociology, and history. The past, present, and future of the conflict (including possible modes of resolution) remain the ongoing focus of most of the contributors to these collections, even when their essays seek to develop in depth one of the perspectives I have outlined. There is a virtual consensus among the authors that both Jewish and Islamic fundamentalism are major factors in instigating the conflict and keeping it alive for such a long time. In this introduction, I will address in short compass the phenomenon of Jewish fundamentalism, which evokes immediate analogues with Christian and Islamic fundamentalism. I will then provide brief introductions to the articles that appear in this issue. Using Maimonides, one of the most influential expositors of Jewish thought and law in the history of Judaism, as my background source, I will try to show how the fervent belief in messianic redemption expressed in his writings is counterbalanced by a very disciplined and restrained application [End Page 325] of this belief to the immediacies of historical and religious experience. This disciplined restraint is urgently needed today. In Chapter 11, Paragraph 1, in his "Laws Concerning Kings and Wars" (hereafter, "Laws"), Maimonides said, "Whoever does not believe in King Messiah, or does not eagerly await his coming, not only denies the teachings of the other prophets but those of the Torah itself and of Moses our teacher."1 This very rigorous embrace of messianism is immediately counterbalanced in the first paragraph of Chapter 12 in the same "Laws" by an insistence on the largely metaphorical character of most of the biblical and talmudic descriptions of the Messianic Age: One should not think that in the days of the Messiah any of the laws of nature will be suspended or any innovation occur in creation—but rather the world will follow its accustomed course. That which is stated in Isaiah that the wolf will dwell with the lamb and the leopard will lie down with the kid [Is. 11:6] needs to be understood as parable and riddle. … Similarly, all passages dealing with the Messianic Age have to be construed as metaphors. And at the time of King Messiah it will become evident to all what the metaphor was referring to and what content was being hinted at.2 In Paragraph 2 of the same chapter, Maimonides wrote, "In all these matters and those similar to them no one will know how they take place until they actually occur, for these matters are hidden from the prophets. The scholars as well do not have traditions in these matters. They are guided by the interpretations they come up with in their reading of the relevant verses."3 In the conclusion of this paragraph, he stated that "one should wait and believe in the general idea of messianic redemption,"4 without being able to figure out how it would be translated into practice. What was driving Maimonides' emphasis on the themes of the unknowableness (we do not know how or when it will happen) and, simultaneously, the ordinariness (nothing changes in the order of nature)? I think that an important clue for addressing this question can be found in [End Page 326] Chapter 11, Paragraph 3, of "Laws" where Maimonides said, "And the essence of the matter is this: This Torah and its...

Extremist currents and their role in Israeli politics industry And its impact in the Middle East

The Israeli political arena has many political parties which adopt different ideologies in order to attract all orientations of the Israeli citizen, and since the establishment of the State of "Israel" in 1948 and so far there has been conflict between these parties, but the initiated to emerge parties extremist contributed to the foreign policy of industry "to Israel "It was her actor effect not only in the political volatility in the Middle East, but initiated threaten community infrastructure in the region. And follower of the growth of Jewish fundamentalism finds that there exists between the religious groups on the one hand and secular groups, on the other hand conflict, as well as this there is another conflict between religious groups by the same degree of extremism. Evidence suggests that the current fundamentalist Orthodox boom going through a period offset by weakness in moderation movements, which could pave that hard line Jewish identity will prevail in "Israel" soon. This is the start of it is reflected clearly on the Israeli policy of direct and indirect effects in the Middle East, So this research is based on the statement the most radical political currents in "Israel" in terms of origins and ideologies, and address the issue of its activities in the political and social sphere and what are the implications of the increasing activity on the Middle East.

Biblical narratives, messianic hopes and religious radicalism: Jewish fundamentalism in our time

Biblical narratives, messianic hopes and religious radicalism: Jewish fundamentalism in our time

Biblical narratives, messianic hopes and religious radicalism: Jewish fundamentalism in our time

The paper examines the contemporary scene of Jewish fundamentalism, focusing on its two major wings: the separatist Ultra-Orthodox, and the more culturally accommodating but politically radical Zionist Orthodox Settlers and would-be Temple Builders. Both those segments of Judaism have been demographically and institutionally on the rise in the last generation and have made their impact on the political scene, changing the character and image of Judaism as a whole. The essay comes to offer an historical and sociological context to the formation, development and growth in numbers and importance of the two camps. It points to the diversity within the two camps and relates to major institutions, leaders and theological concepts. It also examines the meaning of the term fundamentalism in late modern Judaism and points to the fact that while there are obvious differences between the Ultra and the Zionist Orthodox, there are also striking similarities. These demonstrate themselves, among other features, in the centrality of scriptural narratives to the two groups, including the idea of holding a special place in God!s plans for humanity, and the idea of the imminent or eventual arrival of the messianic times.

Gender Segregation, Effacement, and Suppression: Trends in the Status of Women inIsrael

AbstractThe aim of this article is to analyze the phenomenon of the exclusion of women from the public sphere inIsrael. The article describes some of the causes of this phenomenon, its impact on Israeli society, and the difficulty in confronting it.Israeli women have made impressive gains on many fronts, but the exclusion of women from the public sphere as a result of the influence of the growingUltra‐Orthodox minority, which imposes its norms on the general public, raises serious concerns. The exclusion of women manifests itself in several forms: gender segregation in public spaces, the effacement of women's images from the public sphere, and the suppression of women's voice. The infiltration of Orthodox Jewish fundamentalism into Israeli society may cause the regression of advancements previously made in women's rights inIsrael. The article points to the limitations of the treatment of this phenomenon within a theory of multiculturalism, and suggests an alternative framework of discourse, which relies on concepts that are drawn from the literature on environmental ethics, public rights, and public ownership of space and resources.

JEWISH FUNDAMENTALISM TODAY

This paper asks the question: what is the meaning of Jewish Fundamentalism today? It tells the story of Jewish Fundamentalism as an exceptional phenomenon in current Jewish history which revolves around the matter of the Biblical idea of the Promised Land and it presents the matter of the Promised Land as a complex theological issue which splits Judaism when Fundamentalism is the dominant force. We are talking therefore about a peculiar Jewish Religious movement that strangely enough contradicts Orthodox Judaism; an unusual situation that requires elaboration. Furthermore, this paper makes a distinction between Orthodox Judaism and Fundamentalism. The paper claims that Jewish Fundamentalism contrasts the Jewish State, opposes its law, and actually maintains its autonomy as a powerful political force that is ready to reject the State’s law regarding the issue of the Land.

Fundamentalismos judíos y holocausto: Opiniones divergentes y contraposiciones

This article attempts to illustrate the concept that Jewish fundamentalisms have about the Holocaust (Shoah in Hebrew). The Holocaust is presented as one of the greatest genocides in history and occurring primarily to the Jewish people. However, in a context of disapproval of the event, part of the Jewish fundamentalist movements conceived this event as the application of divine punishment. Within Jewish fundamentalism movements there are differences regarding the design of the Holocaust and

Islamic and Jewish Religious Feminism: Similarities, Parallels and Interactions

AbstractThe roots of both Islamic and Jewish religious feminism may be found in the 1970s. Both ideological movements arose in response to the feminism of the 1960s in the United States and in France which was secular and even anti‐religious. Similarities and parallels in the roots and development of the two religious feminist movements may be expected as functions of the similar sociologies of Islam and Judaism. The two forms of religious feminism were in fact parallel responses to the rise of Islamism and Jewish fundamentalism that promoted strict interpretations of Islam and Judaism, particularly as regards gender issues. They differed, however, in their global and Middle Eastern manifestations. The two religious movements have similar although not identical issues of language and authenticity, which influence the dispersion of religious feminist ideas. Interactions between Jewish and Muslim religious feminists may seem impossible in the current politically charged atmosphere. On the other hand, there is clearly a communality of interests among religious women of both faiths which may serve to prevail over conflict.

Settling in the Hearts: Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories (review)

Settling in the Hearts: Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories (review)

Book Reviews

Itamar Rabinovich, The Lingering Conflict: Israel, the Arabs, and the Middle East, 1948-2011 Review by Daniel KurtzerYoav Gelber, Nation and History: Israeli Historiography between Zionism and Post-Zionism Review by Shlomo AronsonAsher Susser, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine: The Two-State Imperative Review by Paul L. SchamMichael Feige, Settling in the Hearts: Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories Review by Arye NaorJuliana Ochs, Security and Suspicion: An Ethnography of Everyday Life in Israel Review by Dganit ManorDaniel Byman, A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism Review by Samy CohenMichael Lerner, Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East Review by Kenneth Waltzer

Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: Who Will Build the Third Temple? (review)

Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: Who Will Build the Third Temple? (review)

Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: Who Will Build the Third Temple?

Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: Who Will Build the Third Temple?

Jewish fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: who will build the Third Temple?

Jewish fundamentalism and the Temple Mount: who will build the Third Temple?

Settling in the Hearts: Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territoriesby Michael Feige

<i>Settling in the Hearts: Jewish Fundamentalism in the Occupied Territories</i>by Michael Feige