Jewish Fundamentalism

(see also Zionism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Christian Fundamentalism)

Basics

On the Web: Articles

On the Web: Specialized Sites

In the Library: Articles

Patterson, Margot. "Will fundamentalist Christians & Jews ignite apocalypse?" National Catholic Reporter (10/11/02):13.

Reuveny, Rafael. "The triangle of conflict: fundamentalisms in Israel & the territories," in Tétreaulx & Denemark (eds.) Gods, Guns & Globalization (Boulder: Lynn Rienner, 2004).

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Appleby, R. Scott. The Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Violence, & Reconciliation (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

Gorenberg, Gershom. The End of Days: Fundamentalism & the Struggle for the Temple Mount [2000] (NY: Oxford, 2002).

Lincoln, Bruce. Holy Terrors: Thinking About Religion after September 11 (Chicago: U. Chicago, 2002).

Marty, Martin E. & R.S. Appleby (eds.) Fundamentalisms & the State: Remaking Politics, Economies, & Militance (Chicago: U. Chicago, 1993).

Pardes, Ilana. The Biography of Ancient Israel: National Narratives in the Bible (Berkeley: U. California, 2000).

Polish, David. Give Us a King: Legal-Religious Sources of Jewish Sovereignty (Hoboken NJ: Ktav, 1989).

Shavit, Jacob. The New Hebrew Nation: A Study in Israeli Heresy & Fantasy (London: Frank Cass, 1987).

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CD & Audio

Film & Video

"The Settlers" [2002], dir. Ruth Walk, 58m. From First Run/Icarus. Profiles the seven Orthodox Jewish families of Tel Rumeida settlement in Hebron.

"Trembling Before G-D" [2001], dir. Sandi Simcha Dubowski, 84m. In video stores. Gay & lesbian Chassidic & Orthodox Jews strive to reconcile their beliefs with their ways of being.