Envisioning Israel: The Changing Ideals and Images of North American Jews
An international conference convened in the Negev brought together academic authorities for three full days of candid interaction and bold analyses of American Zionist ideology. This volume distills the results of that conference, illuminating the images and expectations of American Jews toward Israel, especially their liberal hopes. Readers interested in the status and fate of the Jewish state will find this collection of essays thought-provoking and instructive.
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An international conference convened in the Negev brought together academic authorities for three full days of candid interaction and bold analyses of American Zionist ideology. This volume distills the results of that conference, illuminating the images and expectations of American Jews toward Israel, especially their liberal hopes. Readers interested in the status and fate of the Jewish state will find this collection of essays thought-provoking and instructive.
Preface7Overview: Envisioning Israel - The American Jewish Tradition13IZionist IdealsA Projection of America as it Ought to Be: Zion in the Mind's Eye of American Jews41Henrietta Szold's Progressive American Vision of the Yishuv60"Anu banu artza" in America: The Americanization of the Halutz Ideal81IIReligious Vision and EducationEnvisioning Israel in the Liturgies of North American Liberal Judaism117Israel as Symbol and as Reality: The Perception of Israel among Reconstructionist Jews in the United States149Israel in American Jewish Education173IIIFund Raising and Jewish CommitmentAmerican Experts in the Design of Zionist Society: The Reports of Elwood Mead and Robert Nathan193Envisaging Israel: The Case of the United Jewish Appeal219Bonding Images: Miami Jews and the Campaign for Israel Bonds254IVThe Cultural ConnectionHomelands of the Heart: Israel and Jewish Identity in American Jewish Fiction271Israel as Reel: The Depiction of Israel in Mainstream American Films293VTangled RelationsDual Loyalties: Zionism and Liberalism319Are We One? Menachem Begin and the Long Shadow of 1977335Did American Jews Really Grow More Distant from Israel, 1983-1993? - A Reconsideration352Weakening Ties: American Jewish Baby-Boomers and Israel374Breaking the Taboo: Critics of Israel and the American Jewish Establishment397List of Contributors420Glossary422Index426
