The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel /
Shiff, Ofer,
The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel / Ofer Shiff. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Modern Jewish history . - Modern Jewish history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The Early 1950s. 1. The Bridge's and Wall's approach -- 2. The American century in the wake of the Holocaust -- 3. Where Judaism differed: a call for external and internal reform -- II. In Retrospect: Silver's pre-State Zionist career. 4. Silver's early struggle against anti-Semitism and Nazism -- 5. The 1940s: the Holocaust as political leverage -- 6. 1947-1948: an American-Jewish or a pan-Jewish leader? -- III. Israel becomes an ideological and political challenge. 7. In the wake of Israeli statehood -- 8. Identification without subordination -- 9. The attempt to regain status in the wake of Eisenhower's election -- 10. A recurrent existential threat to the Jews -- 11. Unequivocal support for Israel during the Suez crisis -- Epilogue. Reform Jewish prophet or Zionist leader? 12. Silver as a progressive visionary -- 13. Nonetheless, a Zionist leader.
9780815652809 0815652801
22573/ctt1hz9w9s JSTOR
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963.
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963.
Rabbis--Ohio--Cleveland--Biography.
Zionists--United States--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Rabbis.
Zionists.
HISTORY / Middle East / Israel
Ohio--Cleveland.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography.
BM755.S544
320.54095694092
The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel / Ofer Shiff. - First edition. - 1 online resource. - Modern Jewish history . - Modern Jewish history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The Early 1950s. 1. The Bridge's and Wall's approach -- 2. The American century in the wake of the Holocaust -- 3. Where Judaism differed: a call for external and internal reform -- II. In Retrospect: Silver's pre-State Zionist career. 4. Silver's early struggle against anti-Semitism and Nazism -- 5. The 1940s: the Holocaust as political leverage -- 6. 1947-1948: an American-Jewish or a pan-Jewish leader? -- III. Israel becomes an ideological and political challenge. 7. In the wake of Israeli statehood -- 8. Identification without subordination -- 9. The attempt to regain status in the wake of Eisenhower's election -- 10. A recurrent existential threat to the Jews -- 11. Unequivocal support for Israel during the Suez crisis -- Epilogue. Reform Jewish prophet or Zionist leader? 12. Silver as a progressive visionary -- 13. Nonetheless, a Zionist leader.
9780815652809 0815652801
22573/ctt1hz9w9s JSTOR
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963.
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963.
Rabbis--Ohio--Cleveland--Biography.
Zionists--United States--Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Reference.
Rabbis.
Zionists.
HISTORY / Middle East / Israel
Ohio--Cleveland.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography.
BM755.S544
320.54095694092
