American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement

by Chaim I Waxman

The major focus is on the who, when, and where of American immigration to Israel, but it is the "why" of this aliya which constitutes the core of the book. Waxman analyzes the relationship between Zionism, aliya, and the Jewish experience. Chapters include "Zion in Jewish culture," a synopsis of Zionism through the years, and "American Jewry and the land of Israel in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," an account of proto-Zionist ideas and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814343422
• ISBN13: 9780814343425
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"