Liberal Jewish Anti-Zionism
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To the extent Jewish historians have recalled the American Council for Judaism at all, the picture they have left has been a badly distorted one. Far from a marginal voice among midcentury American Jews, its membership was impressive by the standards of American Jewish life in the era that followed. Far from a sect of reactionary cranks, it was closely allied with many champions of the prewar liberal tradition and a sturdy remnant of the historic Jewish labor movement. The Council owed at least as much to the binationalist movement and its religious and cultural sources as to a stubborn…mehr

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To the extent Jewish historians have recalled the American Council for Judaism at all, the picture they have left has been a badly distorted one. Far from a marginal voice among midcentury American Jews, its membership was impressive by the standards of American Jewish life in the era that followed. Far from a sect of reactionary cranks, it was closely allied with many champions of the prewar liberal tradition and a sturdy remnant of the historic Jewish labor movement. The Council owed at least as much to the binationalist movement and its religious and cultural sources as to a stubborn allegiance to the Radical Reform tradition and its "high church" aesthetic.
In this reader, the Council, its forerunners, and its allies are presented in their own words. In face of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and as visions for non-Orthodox American Jewish life grow fewer and farther between, the Council's witness to its origins is as relevant as ever. With an appended bibliographicalessay, this volume is indispensible for all researchers in American Jewish history and its connections to Israel and Palestine.
Autorenporträt
Jack Ross, Brooklyn, New York.
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Thoughtfully selected and introduced by Jack Ross, these documents, together, lay out the ideological parameters of American Jewish non- and anti-Zionism over the course of the 20th century, within the American Council for Judaism and beyond. This volume is an indispensable source on liberal critiques of statist Jewish ethno-nationalism and offers a corrective to the story of consensus, particularly in the postwar period, regarding the place of Zionism in American Judaism. - Emily Alice Katz, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, USA.

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This brilliant collection of primary sources will prove rewarding to students and readers of all kinds. No one knows these sources better than Jack Ross. There is new fascination with the American Council for Judaism, and this volume will be a basic resource for everyone who wants to read these anti-Zionists speak for themselves in their own voices. No other volume does so much to recover this lost tradition. - Doug Rossinow, College of Liberal Arts, Metro State, Saint Paul, Minneapolis, USA.