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When the state of Israel was established in 1948, it was immediately thrust into war, and rabbis in the religious Zionist community were challenged with constructing a body of Jewish law to deal with this turn of events. Laws had to be "constructed" here because Jewish law had developed mostly during prior centuries when Jews had no state or army, and therefore it contained little material on war. The rabbis in the religious Zionist camp responded to this challenge by creating a substantial corpus of laws on war, and they did so with remarkable ingenuity and creativity. The work of these rabbis represents a fascinating chapter in the history of Jewish law and ethics, but it has attracted relatively little attention from academic scholars. The purpose of the present text is therefore to bring some of their work to light.

War --- Religious Zionism --- Religious Zionists --- Jewish ethics. --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- Attitudes. --- Kook, Abraham Isaac, --- Herzog, Isaac, --- Ṿaldenberg, Eliʻezer Yehudah --- Yisraeli, Shaul R. --- Goren, Shlomo, --- Philosophy. --- Ethics, Jewish --- Jews --- Religious ethics --- Zionists --- War and Judaism --- Ethics --- Goren, Shelomoh, --- גורונצ׳יק, שלמה בן חיה צפורה ובן אברהם, --- גורן, שלמה --- גורן, שלמה, --- שלמה גורן --- Waldenberg, Eliezer Judah --- Ṿaldinberg, Eliʻezer Yehudah --- וולדינברג, אליעזר יהודה --- וולדנברג, אליעזר יהודה --- Herzog, Isaac Halevy, --- Hertsog, Yitsḥaḳ Ayziḳ, --- Hertsog, Yitsḥaḳ Aiziḳ, --- הערצאג, יצחק --- הערצוג, יצחק אייזיק, --- הרצוג, אייזיק הלוי --- הרצוג, יצחק --- הרצוג, יצחק אייזיק --- הרצוג, יצחק אייזיק, --- הרצוג, יצחק, --- Kuk, Abraham Isaac, --- Cook, Abraham Isaac, --- Ḳuḳ, Avraham Yitsḥaḳ, --- Rayah, --- Reʼiyah, --- Kuk, Abraham Isaak, --- Kook, Abraham Isaak, --- Kouk, A. I., --- Kook, A. Y., --- Kook, Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen, --- Ḳuḳ, Reʼiyah, --- Ḳuḳ, Rayah, --- Kook, Harayah, --- Kook, Hareiyah, --- Kook, Rav, --- Кук, А. И., --- קוק, אברהם יצחק, --- ראי"ה, --- קוק, ראי״ה,

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Jewish philosophy --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Providence and government of God --- Judaism --- History of doctrines --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish --- History

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"In Jews, Judaism, and Success, Robert Eisen attempts to solve a long-standing mystery that has fascinated many: How did Jews become such a remarkably successful minority in the modern western world? Eisen argues that Jews achieved such success because they were unusually well-prepared for it by their religion--in particular, Rabbinic Judaism, or the Judaism of the rabbis. Rooted in the Talmud, this form of Judaism instilled in Jews key values that paved the way for success in modern western society: autonomy, freedom of thought, worldliness, and education. The book carefully analyses the evolution of these four values over the past two thousand years in order to demonstrate that they had a longer and richer history in Jewish culture than in western culture. The book thus disputes the common assumption that Rabbinic Judaism was always an obstacle to Jews becoming modern. It demonstrates that while modern Jews rejected aspects of Rabbinic Judaism, they also retained some of its values, and these values in particular led to Jewish success. Written for a broad range of readers, Jews, Judaism, and Success provides unique insights on the meaning of success and how it is achieved in the modern world."--

Jews --- Judaism. --- Success --- Values --- Jewish ethics. --- Civilization. --- Religious aspects --- Talmud. --- Einstein. --- Freud. --- Golda Meir. --- Jewish achievement. --- Jewish culture. --- Jewish success. --- Jews. --- Marx. --- Rabbinic Judaism. --- education. --- jewish culture in the western world. --- modern Jews. --- success. --- values of Judaism.