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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Yosef Gorny (Tel-Aviv University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9781107425262ISBN 10: 1107425263 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 17 July 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction: the transnational community; Part I. From Concern to Outcry: 1939–42: 2. The Hebrew-language press in Palestine (Davar, Hatzofe, Ha'aretz, Haboqer, Hamashqif); 3. Sounding the alarm: the American Jewish press, 1939–42; Part II. The Illusion Dashed: 1942–5: 4. The Hebrew-language press in Palestine; 5. The American Jewish press; 6. The British Jewish press; 7. The brief days of Jewish national unity (Aynikayt, 1942–5); Part III. The Individual Confronts the Horror: 8. Itzhak Gruenbaum: 'the main defendant'; 9. The optimism that deludes the intellectuals; 10. Between Lidice and Majdanek; 11. Remarks on the continuing Jewish angst; 12. Conclusion.ReviewsGorny's conceptual study refreshingly adds to the serious treatment of the Jewish press, is daring in its comparative analysis, and remarkable for the author's ability to dive into the dense and formidable archives of several newspapers written in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Chicago Jewish Star 'Gorny's conceptual study refreshingly adds to the serious treatment of the Jewish press, is daring in its comparative analysis, and remarkable for the author's ability to dive into the dense and formidable archives of several newspapers written in Hebrew, Yiddish and English.' Chicago Jewish Star Author InformationYosef Gorny is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at Tel-Aviv University, where he served since 1970. His main fields of interest and research are the history of Zionism; the building of the Jewish national entity in Eretz-Israel (Palestine); the Jewish-Arab conflict; the relations between the State of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora in the United States and in Europe; and the Zionist Labor Movement in Palestine and the anti-Zionist Labor movement in Eastern Europe. His books include Zionism and the Arabs, 1882–1948: A Study of Ideology; The State of Israel in Jewish Public Thought: The Quest for Collective Identity; Converging Alternatives: The Bund and the Zionist Labor Movement, 1897–1985; and Between Auschwitz and Jerusalem. He has been a visiting professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York University, Illinois State University, Urbana, and the University of Chicago. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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