The Threshold of Dissent : A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feld, Marjorie.

Series:

Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Series

Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Series ; v.24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Attitudes toward Israel.

Jews.

Jews--United States--Politics and government.

Zionism--United States--History.

Zionism.

Israel.

United States.

Israel--Politics and government--Foreign public opinion, American.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism reveals the deep - and deeply contested - century-long history of anti-Zionist and non-Zionist American Jews who drew on the intellectual currents of the Reform movement, the Yiddish left, anti-colonialism and Jewish feminism to voice profound concerns over mainstream Jewish leaders' insistence on unqualified support for Jewish nationalism, Zionism and Israel"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: No Consensus

1 Jewish Anti-and Non-Zionism: The Reform Movement in the Early Twentieth Century

2 The Jews in Revolt: William Zukerman, the Jewish Newsletter, and Midcentury Critics of American Zionism

3 "Israel

Right or Wrong" Anticolonialism, Freedom Movements, and American Jewish Life

4 The Threshold of Dissent in the 1980s: New Jewish Agenda and American Civil Rights

Conclusion: American Jewish Critics of Zionism and the Cost of a Forced Consensus

Coda: A New Chapter in American Jewish Dissent?

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4798-2936-6

OCLC:

1427061999