Jewish Internationalism and Human Rights After the Holocaust

Nathan A. Kurz examines the separation between Western Jewish advocacy organizations and international human rights after the creation of Israel.

List of contents

Dramatis Personae; Introduction; 1. "Individual rights were not enough for true freedom"; 2. Who Will Tame the Will to Defy Humanity?; 3. The Consequences of 1948; 4. Exit from North Africa; 5. From Antisemitism to "Zionism is Racism"; 6. The Inadequacy of Madison Avenue Methods; 7."Good words have become the servants of evil masters"; Conclusion; Bibliography.

About the author

Nathan A. Kurz has taught at Yale University and Birkbeck College, University of London and has served a visiting fellow at Oxford University.

Summary

Nathan A. Kurz examines the separation between Jewish advocacy organizations and international human rights after Israel's creation. A key text for those interested in the global politics of Israel, international advocacy of non-governmental organizations, political relations between diasporas and homelands, and the recent history of human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan A Kurz, Nathan A. Kurz, Nathan A. (Birkbeck College Kurz, Kurz Nathan A. Kurz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108834926
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83492-6
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Human Rights in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, International Relations, Judaism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law