American Jewish Women and the Zionist Enterprise
Despite a historical record that shows sustained involvement of American Jewish women with early Zionism and Palestine, this topic has received scant scholarly attention. A major contribution to Zionist history, women's history, and American history, American Jewish Women and Zionism offers a much needed clarification to the historical record.\ Divided thematically, American Jewish Women deals with representative figures, events, and themes of the pre-state era. The essays in the book have...
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The first and only complete exploration of the role of American women in the creation and support of the State of Israel from pre-State years through the struggles of Israel's first decades.
Introduction1Emma Lazarus and pre-Herzlian Zionism5"The banner of the Jew" (1882) : Emma Lazarus2The Zionist vision of Henrietta Szold23"Keeping the torch burning" (1936) : an exchange of correspondence between Beatrice Barron and Henrietta Szold3Marie Syrkin : an exemplary life46"Why partition?" (November 1946) : Marie Syrkin4"Never a rubber stamp" : Bessie Gotsfeld, founder of Mizrachi Women of America755Formulating the "women's interpretation of Zionism" : Hadassah recruitment of non-Zionist American women, 1914-1930896The romance and Realpolitik of Zionist pioneering : the case of the Pioneer Women's Organization1127Hadassah-WIZO Canada and the development of agricultural training for women in pre-state Israel1338The impact of Zionism on the International Council of Jewish Women, 1914-19571439Women and Zionist activity in Erez Israel : the case of Hadassah, 1913-195815910Settling the old-new homeland : the decisions of American Jewish women during the interwar years18911Em Leemahot : the public health contributions of Sara Bodek Paltiel to the Yishuv and Israel, 1932-199321612Rose Viteles : the double life of an American woman in Palestine23813Irma "Rama" Lindheim : an independent American Zionist woman25514Golda Meir and other Americans28715Golda : femininity and feminism30116Contemplating Aliyah to Palestine31717From Brooklyn to Palestine in 193932218"They couldn't imagine an American girl would do the work"32519Memories of Rose Luria Halprin32720Coming of age in Kibbutz33221Life in a religious Kibbutz33922"I became a Zionist on the top floor"34923Remembering Israel's War of Independence355
\ From the Publisher"Anyone interested in the significant role of women and Zionism should definitely find this book a must read."--The National Jewish Post & Opinion\ "Shulamit Reinharz and Mark Raider's magnificent study... challenges us to understand how faith in Zionism and in the American dream nourished and changed both projects. This is a story not of ideologies or, for the most part, of ideologues, but rather of the creators of a new tradition. The essays in this collection bring some of the leaders of Hadassah, Pioneer Women, and of Mizrahi beautifully to life and show how a dedication to the Zionist cause deepened a commitment to American values, and enlarged the Zionist perspective, to preserve a set of liberal principles reaching across the ethnic and national divide in Palestine...In this book Reinharz and Raider assemble essays that chart the rich profusion of movements, institutions, and activities - including aliyah - that Zionism inspired in Jewish women living in the United States."--Israel Studies\ "The organizations that women created as an expression of their goal are deftly analyzed. There is valuable and intriguing material here which calls for the attention of scholars in the fields of American history, women's history, feminism, and Zionism."--Jewish Book World\ "Enhanced by a 100-year timeline linking American Jewish women and Zionism, the book goes beyond activities in the United States... illuminating."--Hadassah Magazine\ \ \
