Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse National Jewish Book Award Winner and intimate experiences of the

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Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse National Jewish Book Award Winner and intimate experiences of theTaking 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