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Article: Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing about Zionism and Israel.(Book Review)
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- June 22, 2005
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Prophets Outcast: A Century of Dissident Jewish Writing about Zionism and Israel, edited by Adam Shatz. New York: Nation Books, 2004. 408 pages. $12.89, paperback.
Adam Shatz, the literary editor for The Nation magazine, in Prophets Outcast has assembled an excellent anthology of writings by eminent members of the Jewish community. The book includes essays or excerpts from 24 leading Jewish intellectuals critically commenting on Zionism before Israel was created, and prominent Israelis and Diaspora Jews writings after the creation of the "Jewish State" in 1948.
The term "prophets outcast" is borrowed from historian Isaac Deutscher, "himself a great ...