Before Catastrophe: Distinctive Path of German Zionism - Hardcover

Lavsky, Hagit

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814326730 ISBN 13: 9780814326732

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This book, a first attempt to analyse German Zionism in a global Zionist context, sheds new light on the role of German Zionism in the German-Jewish community. It traces the emergence of a small component of the Zionist movement which regardless of size played a distinctive part in both German-Jewish and Zionist history on the eve of World War II. Positioned strategically between East and West, German Zionism was open to influences from both sides. Although post-assimilationist, it was affected by the encounter with East European Jewry. The product was a unique form of Zionism that combined Western ideas with radical 'Palestinocentrism'.

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About the Author

Dr. Hagit Lavsky is Senior Lecturer at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry and the Department of Jewish History of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and serves as Director of the Bernard Cherrick Center for the Study of Zionism, the Yishuv and the History of Israel.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814326730
• ISBN 13: 9780814326732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292