Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Books in English, Greek, Hebrew and Italian

Books in English

Examines the future of environmental issues
(Academon 1993, Also published in Greek, Hebrew and Italian. On Amazon)

Sample Chapter:
Chapter 4: Risks, Perception and Reality
Also in PDF format

Published by Rubin Mass jointly with The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in 1994. The book contains 16 interviews with leading Israelies about the expected future after the Oslo agreements. (See cover for names of those interviewed)

A few copies remain and can be purchased from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Tel: 972-2-5619281, Fax: 972-2-5619112, eMail: jcpa@netvision.net.il

Sample Chapters:
David Bar-Illan Interview
Also in PDF format

Dan Segre Interview
Also in PDF format

Published in 1998 by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies and Rubin Mass, 244pp.
Can be purchased from either:

Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
Tel: 972-2-5630175, Fax: 972-25639184, eMail: machon@jiis.org.il,

or, Rubin Mass Ltd.
Tel: 972-2-6277863, Fax: 972-2-6277864 and eMail: rmass@inter.net.il

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: The touching points between Judaism and modern environmentalism
I. Modern environmentalism
II. Judaism’s interactions with environmentalism

Chapter Two: Modern Jewish writers and environmentalism: motives, tensions and reactions
I. The motives for Jewish interest
II. The main themes regarding interaction
III. Additional themes
Conclusions

Chapter Three: Environmental attitudes in Halakha
I. Halakhot in classical literature
II. Halakha and contemporary environmental issues
III. Expanding environmental Halakha
IV. Halakha and hierarchy
Conclusions

Chapter Four: Jewish attitudes to the environment in the Bible’s narrative
I. The narrative
II.Commentators
Conclusions

Chapter Five: Additional environmental motifs in classical Jewish literature
I. Classical Judaism’s views on God, man and the environment
II. Judaism’s attitudes toward modern environmentalism
III. Jewish environmental studies
Conclusions

Glossary

Bibliography

Books in Greek

Greek edition of Environment and Confusion.
Published in 1999 by Livani.
The book can be ordered from Greek bookshops.

Books in Hebrew

Echut ha Sviva ba Masoret ha Yehudit: Olam Bar Kayma
(The Environment in the Jewish Tradition: A Sustainable World)

Published in 2002 by
The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies,
The Center for Environmental Policy

Can be purchased from the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
Tel: 972-2-5630175, Fax: 972-639184, eMail: machon@jiis.org.il
or ordered via bookshops.

Sviva ve Bilbul

Updated Hebrew edition of Environment and Confusion published in 1998 by Kibbutz HaMeuchad and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies with a foreword by the Israel Minister of the Environment.
Sample chapter included under the English edition.
Can be purchased from the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
Tel: 972-2-5630175, Fax: 972-639184, eMail: machon@jiis.org.il
or ordered via bookshops.

Books in Italian

Italian edition of Environment and Confusion published by Sperling & Kupfer in 1993.
This edition has sold out.

Italian edition of Israel's New Future - Interviews.

The State as a Business

Do-it-yourself political forecasting. A radically new approach to political forecasting, using methods from the business world.
Published by Rizzoli in Italian translation in 1994.
The book has sold out.

Revaluing Italy

A project for the future of Europe and Italy, with A.L. Necci.
Published in 1992 by Sperling & Kupfer (Italy).
Three editions were published within two weeks.
Public discussions on the book were held with Italy's Prime Minister, the President of the Senate and other leading Italian personalities.
The book has sold out.

Aug 8, 2002 (was May 9, 2002)