A Time to Speak Out: Independent Jewish Voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish Identity - Tapa blanda

A collection of 27 essays ... . They are varied in content, highly personal, fascinating and controversial. The authors include seven professors, as well as journalists, writers, activists and professionals. They range from human-rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Bindman to Antony Lerman, director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, and Gillian Slovo, loving daughter of the late South African Communist leader, Joe. A few contributors have been active in Jewish communal life; most have a strong Jewish identity, which they express in different ways. ... These essays deserve to be read carefully and debated courteously. --Jewish Chronicle

The grave situation in the Middle East threatens the future of both Israelis and Palestinians, as well as the stability of the whole region. In this urgent new book, leading Jewish writers and commentators sweep aside the atmosphere of bigotry and vilification which stymies intelligent discussion at every turn, to deliver a bold and richly nuanced exploration of Israel and Zionism today. "A Time To Speak Out" covers the Holocaust, varieties of Zionism, self-hatred, the multiplicity of Jewish identities, human rights and anti-Zionist traditions. In doing so, it reflects the background and the complexities of the situation, as well as the range of voices, outside and within Israel, which are so rarely articulated in the mainstream media. At once sober and radical, "A Time To Speak Out" reclaims an often hysterical debate for people more interested in morally defensible solutions than empty "victories."