This volume features Eliezer Schweid s philosophy of Judaism for a secular age. The volume brings together four of Schweid s most original and influential philosophical essays and an interview with him which express his fundamental outlook: the faith of a secular Jew, having freely choosen loyalty to his or her national culture and to Jewish heritage informs him or her how to act responsibly toward one s neighbor, one s people, the world, and God. The themes span the gamut of Schweid s life work: the existential loneliness of the modern Jew; Judaism as a culture; faith in light of the Holocaust; and appreciation for secular humanism with awareness of its shortcomings, given the enduring legacy of the Jewish biblical heritage.".
Eliezer Schweid: the Responsibility of Jewish Philosophy : The Responsibility of Jewish Philosophy