Ofira Seliktar

Divided We Stand (eBook, PDF)

American Jews, Israel, and the Peace Process

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The relationship between Israel, American Jews, and the 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313012198
• Artikelnr.: 72334143

Autorenporträt

OFIRA SELIKTAR is Professor of Political Science at Gratz College, and the author of Failing the Crystal Ball Test.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: American Jewish Identity, the Perceptions of the State of
Israel, and the Peace Process Warming Up to the Jewish State The Six Day
War and the Emergence of "Sacred Unity" Straining the "Sacred Unity:"
American Jews in the Era of Likud The War in Lebanon: Defending an
Offensive War The Long Shadow of the Intifada: American Jews and the
Palestinian Problem The Oslo Agreement Principle: Promoting Peace by
Legitimizing the Palestinians Lurching to the Right: Responding to
Netanyahu's Vision of the Peace Process Lurching to the Left: Responding
the Barak's Vision of the Peace Process Conclusion: Competing Visions of
Israel in American Jewish Identity