'Bergson Boys' and the Origins of Contemporary Zionist Militancy

Informationen zum Autor Judith Tydor Baumel is chair of the graduate program in contemporary Jewry at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She has written numerous books, including Perfect Heroes: The World War II Parachutists from Palestine and the Israeli Heroic Ethic, and Double Jeopardy: Gender and the Holocaust. Klappentext Translated from the Hebrew by Dena Ordan Tells the remarkable story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism of today. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism. This book provides the story of the role the Bergson group played in raising American public consciousness of Jewish and Zionist concerns.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Baumel, Judith Tydor Baumel, Judith Tydor/ Ordan Baumel
• Assisted by: Dena Ordan (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2005
• EAN: 9780815630630
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3063-0
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Modern Jewish History; Modern Jewish History
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous