American Jews, Israel, and the Peace Process
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/11/2002
The first integrated analysis of the relationship between Israel, American Jews, and the peace process in the Middle East. The relationship between Israel, American Jews, and peace process has been a subject of passionate debate among scholars, political activists, and lay observers alike. This book is the first rigorous attempt to chart the impact of the peace process on the American Jewish community and its relationship with Israel, as mediated by the changing identity needs of American Jews. Overall, the trajectory of this relationship has been from a wide consensus of support for Israeli foreign policy, toward increasing polarization. On one side is the "peace camp" composed mainly of those whose Jewish-American identity is based on a religious-universalistic definition of Judaism; on the other, those who identify as nationalistic, or orthodox in religious terms, and support a "hard-line" vision of Greater Israel. The acrimony between the two, combined with demographic change, has undermined Israel as a symbol of Jewish identity in America, and impeded effective lobbying for Israel.
- ISBN:
- 9780275974084
- 9780275974084
- Category:
- Jewish studies
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 30-11-2002
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 296
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x20mm
- Weight:
- 0.6kg
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