A Time to Speak Out

Independent Jewish Voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish Identity

Anne Karpf, Barbara Rosenbaum, Brian Klug, Jacqueline Rose, Anne Karpf, Barbara Rosenbaum, Brian Klug, Jacqueline Rose

• Publisher: Verso
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781844672295
• eBook ISBN:
  9781789604153
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern History
• Index: History

In A Time to Speak Out, a collection of strong Jewish voices come together to explore some of the most challenging issues facing diaspora Jews. With articles on such topics as international law, the Holocaust, varieties of Zionism, self-hatred, the multiplicity of Jewish identities, and human rights, these essays provide powerful evidence of the vitality of independent Jewish opinion as well as demonstrating that criticism of Israel has a crucial role to play in the continuing history of a Jewish concern for social justice. At once sober and radical, A Time To Speak Out reclaims an often intemperate debate for those both inside and outside Israel who prefer to confront uncomfortable truths.
Nearly all contributors were associated with the Independent Jewish Voices declaration which, when launched in Britain in 2007, opened a floodgate of responses. Independent Jewish Voices is a group of Jews in Britain from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Editors’ Introduction
• Israel and Palestine
• The Climate of Debate
• Justice and Human Rights
• Jewish Identity and Diversity
• Notes
• Notes on Editors and Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix: IJV Declaration