Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews

By: The Hebrew University Magnes Press

Book Overview

Envisioning Israel examines the deeply entwined yet often problematic historical relationship between American Jewry and the Jewish community in Israel and its predecessor, the yishuv, the Jewish settlement in Palestine from the 1880s until 1948.

To explore how North American Jews have envisioned Israel from the late 19th century through the present, Allon Gal initiated an international conference and has selected essays from it on the American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814326307
• ISBN13: 9780814326305
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"