The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel

I. The Early 1950s. 1. The Bridge's and Wall's approach2. The American century in the wake of the Holocaust -- 3. Where Judaism differed: a call for external and internal reform -- II. In Retrospect: Silver's pre-State Zionist career. 4. Silver's early struggle against anti-Semit...

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Veröffentlicht: Syracuse, NY Syracuse University Press 2014
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Modern Jewish history
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Zusammenfassung:I. The Early 1950s. 1. The Bridge's and Wall's approach2. The American century in the wake of the Holocaust -- 3. Where Judaism differed: a call for external and internal reform -- II. In Retrospect: Silver's pre-State Zionist career. 4. Silver's early struggle against anti-Semitism and Nazism -- 5. The 1940s: the Holocaust as political leverage -- 6. 1947-1948: an American-Jewish or a pan-Jewish leader? -- III. Israel becomes an ideological and political challenge. 7. In the wake of Israeli statehood -- 8. Identification without subordination -- 9. The attempt to regain status in the wake of Eisenhower's election -- 10. A recurrent existential threat to the Jews -- 11. Unequivocal support for Israel during the Suez crisis -- Epilogue. Reform Jewish prophet or Zionist leader? 12. Silver as a progressive visionary -- 13. Nonetheless, a Zionist leader.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index
Beschreibung:289 pages
24 cm
ISBN:9780815610359
978-0-8156-1035-9
9780815652809