The Year After the Riots: American Responses to the Palestine Crisis of 1929-30

by Naomi W. Cohen

In August, 1929, Arabs in Palestine rose up in bloody riots against Jews. More than 130 Jews were killed, among them eight young American students. American Jews, hampered by the postwar mood of disillusionment and isolationism and by the vicious anti-Semitic attacks of the 1920s, failed to mount an effective campaign to influence either the government or public opinion. In addition, the community itself was hopelessly divided. Rival factions, some...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814319149
• ISBN13: 9780814319147
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"