Western Jewry and the Zionist Project, 19141933 [Paperback]

This 1996 book is a study of the Zionist movement in Germany, Britain, and the United States, 191433.This is the first study of the Zionist movement in Germany, England and the United States which recognises 'western Zionism' as a distinctive force. It focuses upon images of Zionist leaders and Palestine, on tours of Palestine, youth a women's organisations, the First World War, and the rise of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund). While Zionism was creative and successful at making its aims and views of the world a part of western Jewish life, Jews also lost faith in the movement on acvcount of its apparent mismanagement and obsession with fundraising.This is the first study of the Zionist movement in Germany, England and the United States which recognises 'western Zionism' as a distinctive force. It focuses upon images of Zionist leaders and Palestine, on tours of Palestine, youth a women's organisations, the First World War, and the rise of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund). While Zionism was creative and successful at making its aims and views of the world a part of western Jewish life, Jews also lost faith in the movement on acvcount of its apparent mismanagement and obsession with fundraising.This is the first study of the Zionist movement in Germany, England and the United States that recognizes Western Zionism as a distinctive force. It focuses on images of Zionist leaders and Palestine, on tours of Palestine, youth and women's organizations, the First World War, and the rise of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation Fund).Preface; Introduction; 1. Manly men and the attempted appropriation of the war experience; 2. A new pantheon: the portrayal of Zionist leaders in the West; 3. Dollars and the changing sense of Zionism; 4. Fundraising and catastrophe; 5. 'From swamp to settlement': rural and urban utopian visions; 6. Nationalized tourism in Palestine; 7. Idealism, realism, and sociability in Western Zionist youth organizations; 8. Cló˜