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Propaganda and Zionist Education: The Jewish National Fund 1924 - 1947 »

Authors: Yoram Bar Gal, Yoram Bar Gal
ISBN-13: 9781580461382, ISBN-10: 1580461387
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Limited
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Yoram Bar Gal

Book Synopsis

A history of the Jewish National Fund and the ways it encouraged Jews around the world to buy land in Palestine in the years 1924-1947.

	List of Figures and Table
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
1	The Historical Background to JNF Propaganda	1
	Historical Background to the JNF's Activities between 1924 and 1947	8
	The Character, Organisation, and Deployment of JNF Propaganda	10
2	'The Redemption of Our Country's Land': The Blue Box	30
	The Production of the Blue Box	30
	Theory and Practice in Blue Box Work	34
	The Financial Value of the Box Contribution	38
3	'To Touch the Land of Israel': Propaganda with Stamps	41
	Continuity and Renewal	41
	Dialogue with Branches in the Diaspora	44
	The 'Stamp Mitzvah': Propaganda and Indirect Taxation for the JNF	47
	Content of the Stamps	49
	Summary	55
4	Successes and Failures: A Range of Propaganda Products	57
	A Range of Products: Introduction	57
	Games and Toys: Production Efforts	59
	The Youth Library: Achievements and Censorship	61
5	'Trapped in Their Dream': Visual Mass Propaganda	71
	Early Stage	71
	The First Propaganda Films	72
	The Magic Lantern Experience	75
	The Golden Age of Filmstrips, 1925-1933: Expansion of Production	78
	The Years of Disappointment and the Continuation of Production: 1934-1947	83
6	The JNF Culture: Blue Box Ceremonies and Rituals	104
	The JNF Culture	104
	The Box Ritual in the Individual Domain	106
	The Public Blue Box Ritual: In the Street and in School	108
	The Box Ritual: Implications	118
	Summary	122
7	Political and Organisational Propaganda on JNF Maps	137
	Propaganda on Maps	137
	The Background to Publication of the Maps	139
	The JNF Maps of Eretz Yisrael	140
	Summary	151
8	The Propaganda Image of Eretz Yisrael	152
	Site and Place	152
	The JNF Landscape	153
	'The Emek Is a Dream': The Unfolding of a Story	160
	Summary	167
	Conclusions	169
	Notes	179
	Bibliography	199
	Index	207