The Daniel Elazar
On-Line Library
Daniel Elazar's writings -- his clarity of thought and perspective -- have
touched many people. Those who read his work often come away feeling that they
have learned something new and valuable.
Today's new electronic information technologies allow anyone in the world to
learn and benefit from the treasury of Daniel Elazar's thought via the
Internet. The Daniel Elazar On-Line Library, part of the Jerusalem Center for Public
Affairs website, offer full-text versions of many of his writings, as a lasting
memorial to the ideas he pioneered.
Daniel J. Elazar Memorial Website
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Being Jewish Today
Daniel J. Elazar
In our time, four factors provide the reasons for being Jewish
for most Jews -- guilt, nostalgia, a sense of ayn breira (that there is no alternative), and the sense of being commanded (mitzuvim). Indeed the Jewish world divides into two
groups: those whose Jewishness is basically built around guilt
and nostalgia and those whose Jewishness is basically built
around some combination of feeling commanded and feeling that
there is no alternative. Beyond these there are those few Jews
who are Jewish out of love for Jewishness, Judaism and Jewish
civilization.
From "The Vision of the Jerusalem Center"
About Daniel J. Elazar
Books by Daniel J. Elazar
Complete Bibliography
- nearly 1,400 items
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