Autorentext

Paul Eidelberg is a political scientist, author and lecturer, and is the co-founder and President of the Foundation for Constitutional Democracy with offices in Jerusalem and Washington, DC.

Klappentext

Jewish Statesmanship is the first book that systematically interfaces political science and Torah. It not only reveals the fatal flaws of Israel's political and judicial institutions, but also provides a comprehensive program for reconstructing these institutions on solid Jewish and democratic foundations.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction and Executive Summary
Chapter 2 Israel's Flawed Declaration of Independence: A Partial Remedy
Chapter 3 Democracy Versus Judaism: Beyond Spinoza
Chapter 4 Israel's Citizenship Problem: Conceptual Therapy
Chapter 5 Israel's Flawed Parliamentary System: A Jewish Remedy
Chapter 6 Jewish Statesmanship: A Presidential Remedy
Chapter 7 Israel's Flawed Judicial System: A Democratic Remedy
Chapter 8 The Nature of the Muslim-Jewish Conflict: A Philosophical Analysis of the "Peace Process"
Chapter 9 Democratic Versus Martial Diplomacy: A Jewish Alternative
Chapter 10 A Jewish Democratic Constitution for Israel
Chapter 11 Epilogue
Chapter 12 Endnotes
Chapter 13 Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 The Ariel Center for Policy Research
Chapter 16 The Foundation for Constitutional Democracy