Zionism and the Melting Pot - Preachers, Pioneers, and Modern Jewish Politics

Traces the roots of ideologies and outlooks that shape Jewish life in Israel and the United States today

About the author

M. M. Silver is professor of Jewish history at the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College and at the University of Haifa in Israel. He has published books in Hebrew and English that include Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story and Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America: A Biography.

Summary

Pivots away from commonplace accounts of the origins of Jewish politics and focuses on the ongoing activities of actors instrumental in the theological, political, diplomatic, and philanthropic networks that enabled the establishment of new Jewish communities in Palestine and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Mark Silver
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780817320621
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2062-1
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 243 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 708 g
• Series: Jews and Judaism: History and; Jews and Judaism: History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous