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As a mobilized diaspora, American Jews played a key role in the establishment and early survival of the modern State of Israel. They established a centralized framework to raise funds, and a powerful, consensus-oriented political lobby to promote strong U.S. diplomatic, military, and economic support. But now, as federation fundraising and consensus political lobbying have leveled off, many fear that American Jews no longer actively support Israel. In The New American Zionism, Theodore Sasson argues that, for supporters of Israel, there is good news and bad news--and that at the core, we are fundamentally misunderstanding the new relationship between American Jews and Israel. Sasson shows that we are in the midst of a shift from a "mobilization" approach, which first emerged with the new state and focused on supporting Israel through big, centralized organizations, to an "engagement" approach marked by direct and personal relations with the Jewish state as growing numbers travel to Israel, consume Israeli culture, and connect with their Israeli peers via cyberspace and through formal exchange programs. American Jews have not abandoned their support for Israel, Sasson contends, but

Author

Sasson, Theodore, 1965- author

Publisher

New York: NEW YORK University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814760116

Subjects

History, Humanities