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Western Jewry and the Zionist Project, 1914-1933 »

Book cover image of Western Jewry and the Zionist Project, 1914-1933 by Michael Berkowitz

Authors: Michael Berkowitz
ISBN-13: 9780521894203, ISBN-10: 0521894204
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Michael Berkowitz

Book Synopsis

A study of the Zionist movement in Germany, Britain, and the United States, 1914-33.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction1
1Manly men and the attempted appropriation of the war experience, 1914-19187
2A new pantheon: the portrayal of Zionist leaders in the West26
3Dollars and the changing sense of Zionism56
4Fundraising and catastrophe77
5"From swamp to settlement": rural and urban utopian visions of Palestine91
6Nationalized tourism in Palestine125
7Idealism, realism, and sociability in Western Zionist youth organizations147
8Cold embrace: the reception of Hadassah and organized European women Zionists175
Conclusion194
Notes201
Bibliography266
Index292

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