National identity, cultural revival, and national struggle: The world Jewish congress, American Jewry, and the challenge of Jewish Diaspora in the shadow of the Holocaust

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Abstract

By actively supporting the restoration of Jewish communities in the European diaspora, American Jews justified their own choice of remaining in the US, next to the Zionist ideal of resettling in Palestine. American Jewish support for European Jews created a clear role for American Jews that broke the potential monopoly of the state of Israel as the sole guardian of Jewish rights.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAmerican Responses to the Holocaust
Subtitle of host publicationTransatlantic Perspectives
EditorsHans Krabbendam, Derek Rubin
Place of PublicationFrankfurt
PublisherPeter Lang AG
Pages71-109
Number of pages39
ISBN (Electronic)9783631720059
ISBN (Print)9783631719664
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2017

Publication series

NameInteramericana
PublisherPeter Lang AG
Volume12
ISSN (Print)1618-419X

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Frankfurt am Main 2017 All rights reserved.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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