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008			140124s2014 nyu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9780815652809
020			_a0815652801
020			_z9780815610359 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_z0815610351
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aBM755.S544 _bS55 2014
082	0	0	_a320.54095694092 _aB _223
100	1		_aShiff, Ofer.
245	1	4	_aThe downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel _h[electronic resource] / _cOfer Shiff.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aSyracuse, N.Y. : _bSyracuse University Press, _c[2014] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm.)
490	0		_aModern Jewish history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aI. 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aSilver, Abba Hillel, _d1893-1963.
650		0	_aZionists _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aRabbis _zOhio _zCleveland _vBiography.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780815652809/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c30144 _d30144