Zionism and the melting pot : preachers, pioneers, and modern Jewish politics / M. M. Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silver, M. M. (Matthew Mark), 1961- author.

Series:

Jews and Judaism (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Jews and Judaism : history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zionism.

Zionism--United States--History.

United States.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Traces the roots of ideologies and outlooks that shape Jewish life in Israel and the United States today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Indeterminacy of Philosemitism and Antisemitism p. 11

2 The Indeterminacy of Nationalism in Jewish Letters through the 1870s p. 26

3 The Simmering Melting Pot Indeterminacy in American Jewish Letters through the 1880s p. 43

4 Preachers, Emissaries, and Pioneers: Zionism's Traditional Foundations p. 54

5 Reform, Orthodox, and Conservative: Judaism and the Rise of Jewish Ideology p. 129

6 Cultural Zionism or Altneuland: Ahad Ha'am, Herzl, and the Problem of Russian Jewish Modernization p. 186

7 Uganda, Russian Jewish Modernization, and Jewish Ideology p. 207

8 Out of the Crucible Came Canon: The Making of the Melting Pot p. 242

9 Ben-Gurion at Sejera: The Second Aliyah and the Making of Jewish Ideology p. 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817320621

0817320628

OCLC:

1125075551