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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In early February 1949, American Jewrys most popular and powerful leader, Abba Hillel Silver (18931963), had summarily resigned from all his official positions within the Zionist movement and had left New York for Cleveland, returning to his post as a Reform rabbi. In the immediate years prior to his resignation, during the second half of the 1940s, Silver was the most outspoken proponent of the founding of a sovereign Jewish state. He was the most instrumental American Jewish leader in the political struggle that led to the foundation of the State of Israel. Paradoxically, this historic victory also heralded Silvers personal defeat. Soon after Israels declaration of independence, he and many of his American Zionist colleagues were relegated to the sidelines of the Zionist movement. Almost overnight the most influential leaderone who was admired and feared by both supporters and opponentswas stripped of his power within both the Zionist and the American Jewish arenas. Shiffs book discerns the various aspects of the striking turnabout in Silvers political fate, describing both the personal tragic story of a leader who was defeated by his own victory and the much broader intra-Zionist battle that erupted in full force immediately after the founding of Israel. Drawing extensively on Silvers personal archival material, Shiff presents an enlightening portrait of a critical episode in Jewish history. This book is highly relevant for anyone who attempts to understand the complex homeland-diaspora relations between Israel and American Jewry. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 289 pages. 9.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567. . 2014. Hardcover. . . . .

Condition: New. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567. . 2014. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. vi, 178pp. Index and bibliography. Magenta over purple boards, spine lettered in white. A fine as new copy. The book focuses on the most prominent exponents of the universalistic ideology of American Reform Judaism in the 1930s and 1940s. Those who attempted to maintain unquestioning fealty to the principles of universalistic Reform, even in view of the disheartening realities of the Holocaust, are the heroes of the plot that unfolds here. The way they struggled for their beliefs should be viewed as a point of departure for a more general discussion of the challenge posed by the Holocaust to the modern Jewish belief in the possibility and desirability of full cultural and social Jewish integration into non-Jewish society at large. (Publisher) Focuses on the optimistic American Jewish belief in the prospects of a viable American-Jewish coexistence and examines its impact on the patterns of response to antisemitism in the 19th-20th centuries. The responses, subject to changing historical and social conditions, are forever torn between the quest for distinctive survival (i.e. preservation of Jewish identity) and full integration in American society. Discusses the pattern of "Americanization" of European responses to antisemitism, especially Zionism; the Europeans were generally more pessimistic regarding Jewish-Gentile coexistence. In the U.S., Zionist ideology was elevated into a post-World War II American Jewish consensus. Discusses, also, the postwar attempt to change the context of the fight against antisemitism from a Christian-Jewish struggle into an all-American struggle against prejudice. In the 1960s there was a shift to renewed emphasis on Jewish distinctiveness, in reaction to the integrationist approach. Contends that the pendulum continues to swing between these two approaches. (OCLC) Contents: Introduction; A.A Universalistic Perspective on Antisemitism and Zionism; B. The Modern Jewish Context; Chapter One Before the Universalistic Coping Pattern Coalesced; Chapter Two Transformation of the Universalistic Perspective into a Jewish Existential Ideology; Chapter Three Jewish Culture and Zionism as seen by "Veteran American" Jews; Chapter Four Intensifying Threats; Chapter Five The Reform and American Jewish Context of the Universalistic Coping Pattern; Epilogue: The Universalistic Reform Pattern from a Historical Perspective; Sources and Bibliography; Index of Names and Concepts. Volume 4 of the Brill series, "Jewish Identities in a Changing World.".

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In early February 1949, American Jewry's most popular and powerful leader, Abba Hillel Silver (18931963), had summarily resigned from all his official positions within the Zionist movement and had left New York for Cleveland, returning to his post as a Reform rabbi. In the immediate years prior to his resignation, during the second half of the 1940s, Silver was the most outspoken proponent of the founding of a sovereign Jewish state. He was the most instrumental American Jewish leader in the political struggle that led to the foundation of the State of Israel. Paradoxically, this historic victory also heralded Silver's personal defeat. Soon after Israel's declaration of independence, he and many of his American Zionist colleagues were relegated to the sidelines of the Zionist movement. Almost overnight the most influential leaderone who was admired and feared by both supporters and opponentswas stripped of his power within both the Zionist and the American Jewish arenas. Shiff's book discerns the various aspects of the striking turnabout in Silver's political fate, describing both the personal tragic story of a leader who was defeated by his own victory and the much broader intra-Zionist battle that erupted in full force immediately after the founding of Israel. Drawing extensively on Silver's personal archival material, Shiff presents an enlightening portrait of a critical episode in Jewish history. This book is highly relevant for anyone who attempts to understand the complex homeland-diaspora relations between Israel and American Jewry.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The book focuses on the most prominent exponents of the universalistic ideology of American Reform Judaism in the 1930s and 1940s. Those who attempted to maintain unquestioning fealty to the principles of universalistic Reform, even in view of the disheartening realities of the Holocaust, are the heroes of the plot that unfolds here. The way they struggled for their beliefs should be viewed as a point of departure for a more general discussion of the challenge posed by the Holocaust to the modern Jewish belief in the possibility and desirability of full cultural and social Jewish integration into non-Jewish society at large.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 178 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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IN HEBREW. 24X16 cm. 21+463 pages. Hardcover. In good condition. The book is in : Hebrew.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 178 pages. 9.29x6.14x0.55 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.