God Is in the Crowd: Twenty-First-Century Judaism

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God Is in the Crowd: Twenty-First-Century Judaism

â€œEnthralling, searching, profound, an extraordinarily powerful work on Jewish identity in the twenty-first century.â€â€”Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

A bold proposal for discovering relevance in Judaism and ensuring its survival, from a pioneering social activist, business leader, and fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force

God Is in the Crowd is an original and provocative blueprint for Judaism in the twenty-first century. Presented through the lens of Tal Keinanâ€™s unusual personal story, it a sobering analysis of the threat to Jewish continuity. As the Jewish people has become concentrated in just two hubsâ€”America and Israelâ€”it has lost the subtle code of governance that endowed Judaism with dynamism and relevance in the age of Diaspora. This code, as Keinan explains, is derived from Francis Galtonâ€™s â€œwisdom of crowds,â€ in which a groupâ€™s collective intelligence, memory, and even spirituality can be dramatically different from, and often stronger than, that of any individual memberâ€™s. He argues that without this code, this ancient peopleâ€”and the civilization that it spawnedâ€”will soon be extinct. Finally, Keinan puts forward a bold and original plan to rewrite the Jewish code, proposing a new model for Judaism and for community in general.

Keinan was born to a secular Jewish family in Florida. His interest in Judaism was ignited by a Christian minister at his New England prep school and led him down the unlikely path to enlistment in the Israel Air Force. Using his own dramatic experiences as a backdrop, and applying lessons from his life as a business leader and social activist, Keinan takes the reader on a riveting adventure, weaving between past, present, and future, and fusing narrative with theory to demonstrate Judaismâ€™s value to humanity and chart its path into the future.

Advance praise for God Is in the Crowd

â€œBeautifully written, brilliantly argued, this is a unique contribution to the conversation and a must read for anyone concerned with Jewish continuity.â€â€”Yossi Klein Halevi, author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor

â€œGod Is in the CrowdÂ blends social science, economics, religion, and national identity to help us see more clearly who we are as individuals, people, and a society.â€â€”Dan Ariely, author ofÂ The Upside of Irrationality

â€œAmerican, Israeli, entrepreneur, fighter pilot, and investor: Keinanâ€™s diagnosis of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora is provided through the lens of a rich and gripping life story. Keinanâ€™s contribution is indispensable to the debate about the future of the Jewish people.â€â€”Dan Senor, co-author ofÂ Start-up Nation
Country USA
Brand Random House
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0525511164
ReleaseDate 2018-09-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780525511168

Country	USA
Brand	Random House
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0525511164
ReleaseDate	2018-09-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780525511168

God Is in the Crowd: Twenty-First-Century Judaism

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