The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel
Shiff, Ofer.
The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel [electronic resource] / Ofer Shiff. - First edition. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Modern Jewish history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963.
Zionists--United States--Biography.
Rabbis--Ohio--Cleveland--Biography.
Electronic books.
BM755.S544 / S55 2014
320.54095694092 B
The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel [electronic resource] / Ofer Shiff. - First edition. - Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Modern Jewish history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
Silver, Abba Hillel, 1893-1963.
Zionists--United States--Biography.
Rabbis--Ohio--Cleveland--Biography.
Electronic books.
BM755.S544 / S55 2014
320.54095694092 B