The Israeli-American Connection: Its Roots in the Yishuv, 1914-1945

by Michael Brown

Overview

An examination of the ways in which the American experience influenced some of the major Jewish leaders during and between the world wars.

The Israeli-American Connection examines the ways in which the American experience influenced some of the major leaders of the yishuv, the Jewish settlement in Palestine, during and between the world wars. In six biographical chapters, Michael Brown studies Vladimir Jabotinsky, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Berl Katznelson, Henrietta Szold, Golda Meir, and David Ben-Gurian, focusing on each leader's involvement with and image of America, as well as the impact of America on their lives and careers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814344583
Publisher:	Wayne State University Press
Publication date:	02/05/2018
Series:	American Holy Land Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

Michael Brown is Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University in Toronto, where he also teaches Humanities and Hebrew. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and trained as a rabbi at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of Jew or Juif?
Jews, French Canadians, and Anglo-Canadians, 1759-1914 (Jewish Publication Society, 1987) and the editor of Approaches to Antisemitism: Context and Curriculum (American Jewish Community and International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization,1994).

Editorial Reviews

Studies six central figures of the period who helped create ties between Israel and America, including a poet, a labor leader, the late prime minister Golda Meir, and statesman David Ben-Gurion, and examines the impact on Israel of American technology, culture, political and social theory, and money. Draws on archival and primary sources in English, Hebrew, and other languages. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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