Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse National Jewish Book Award Winner provides the latest

provides the latest

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Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse National Jewish Book Award Winner provides the latestTaking in everything from the Kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, Ruth Wisse offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. Traditional Jews believed that upholding the covenant with God constituted a treaty with the most powerful force in the universe; this later transformed itself into a belief that, unburdened by a military, Jews could pursue their religious mission on a purely moral plain. Wisse, an eminent professor