Judaism Reading List: Zionism (Pt. IX)
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Part IX: Zionism and the Birth of Israel
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and what Zionism is. It does not cover current Israeli or
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provide useful background and insight into those discussions.
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Subject: ORGANIZATION
This reading list is organized as follows:
* [8]Introduction to this Reading List
* [9]Zionism and The Development Of Israel
* [10]The Founders
* [11]Zionistic Movements
* [12]Zionism in Israel Today
* [13]Credits
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Subject: Zionism and The Development Of Israel
[Bub97]
Buber, Martin; Godman, Stanley (Translator). On Zion: The
History of an Idea (Martin Buber Library). Syracuse Univ Pr
(Trade); 1997. Paperback. ISBN 0-815604-82-3.
[6][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Chu67]
Churchill, Randolph S. & Winston S. The Six Day War. Penguin.
1967. [a classic contemporary account]
[Bra75]
Brandeis, Louis D. Brandeis on Zionism (The Rise of Jewish
Nationalism and the Middle East Series). Hyperion Pr; 1975.
Hardcover. Reprint edition. ISBN 0-883553-12-0.
[7][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[CohM87]
Cohen, Mitchell. Zion and State: Nation, Class and the Shaping
of Modern Israel. Blackwell. 1987. Columbia Univ Pr; 1992.
Paperback. ISBN 0-231079-41-9. [The struggle between mainstream
and Revisionist Zionism during the Mandatory and early
statehood periods]
[8][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[CohN75]
Cohen, Naomi Wiener. American Jews and the Zionist Idea. Ktav
Publishing House; 1975. Paperback. ISBN 0-870682-72-5.
[9][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870682725/socculturejew
ish/]
[Erl94]
Erlich, Avi; Erlich, Victor. Ancient Zionism: The Biblical
Origins of the National Idea. Free Press; 1994. Hardcover. ISBN
0-029023-52-1. [Traces the birth of Zionism to biblical
history, and analyzes, defends and criticizes modern Zionism.]
[10][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Gol97]
Goldberg, David J. To the Promised Land: A History of Zionist
Thought from Its Origins to the Modern State of Israel (Penguin
Politics). Penguin USA (Paper); 1997. Paperback. ISBN
0-140125-12-4.
[11][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Gre91]
Greenspahn, F. (ed). Essential Papers on Israel and the Ancient
Near East. New York Univ Pr; 1991. Paperback. ISBN
0-814730-38-8.
[12][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814730388/socculturejew
ish/]
[Hal77]
Halkin, Hillel. Letters to an American Jewish Friend: A
Zionist's Polemic. JPS, 1977. ISBN 0-827600-93-3. Out of Print.
[Halkin, an American oleh, addresses six fictional letters to
his imaginary friend, explaining to him why he should make
aliyah. Considered a classic among American olim in Israel
(esp. the non-orthodox olim, since Halkin basically espouses a
secular Zionist position).]
[13][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827600933/socculturejew
ish/]
[Hal76]
Halpern, Ben. The Idea of a Jewish State. Harvard University
Press, 1976. Out of Print. ISBN 0-674442-01-6.
[14][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Hal00]
Halpern, Ben; Reinharz, Jehuda. Zionism and the Creation of a
New Society (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry
Series). Brandeis Univ; 2000. Paperback. ISBN 1-584650-23-0.
[15][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Har88]
Harkabi, Yehoshafat. Israel's Fateful Hour. Harper & Row. 1988.
Out of Print. [The former director of IDF military
intelligence, Hebrew University professor of international
relations, and winner of the 1993 Israel Prize, explains
Israel's need for peace and the feasibility of "land for
peace"; based on the author's Hachpaot Goraliot]
[Her17]
Herzl, Theodore. The Jewish State. Federation of American
Zionists, New York. 1917. Dover Pubns; 1989. Paperback. ISBN
0-486258-49-1.
[16][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Her75]
Herzog, Chaim. The War of Atonement. Steinmatzky. 1975.
Stackpole Books; 1998. Hardcover. ISBN 1-853673-07-2.
[17][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853673072/socculturejew
ish/]
[Her79]
Hertzberg, Arthur. The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and
Reader. Atheneum. 1979. Jewish Publication Society; 1997.
Paperback. ISBN 0-827606-22-2. [An outstanding 85 page
introductory essay and anthology of writings by leading
Zionists]
[18][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Jaf89a]
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The
West Bank and Gaza: Israel's Options for Peace. Tel Aviv
University. 1989. [essential background reading from a study
group led by Aharon Yariv, a former director of IDF military
intelligence; initially sponsored by the American Jewish
Congress and co-sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai Brith]
[Jaf89b]
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The
West Bank and Gaza: Toward A Solution. Tel Aviv University.
1989. [a companion to Jaf89b; independent proposals by the
Jaffee Center study group]
[Laq72]
Laqueur, Walter. A History of Zionism Schocken Books, 1972.
Fine Communications; 1997. Hardcover. Reprint edition. ISBN
1-567311-00-8.
[19][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Man76]
Mandel, Neville. The Arabs and Zionism Before World War I.
University of California. 1976. Out of Print.
[Med00]
Medoff, Rafael; Waxman, Chaim I.; Woronoff, Jon (ed).
Historical Dictionary of Zionism. Scarecrow Pr; 2000.
Hardcover. ISBN 0-810837-73-0.
[20][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Mel92]
Melman, Yossi. The New Israelis: An Intimate View of a Changing
People. Birch Lane Pr; 1992. Hardcover. ISBN 1-559721-29-4.
[The first half of the book is a history of Zionism, along with
an analysis of the decisions, accomplishments, compromises, and
mistakes that the major leaders made. The second half of the
book discusses various aspects of Israeli society, such as
religious groups, Israeli Arabs, Sefardim, defense needs, and
so on. Note: Melman is clearly a left-wing secular Israeli.]
[21][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Par96]
Parker, Richard B. (ed); Saunders, Harold H. The Six-Day War: A
Retrospective. University Press of Florida: 1996. Hardcover.
ISBN 0-813013-83-6
[22][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Pen91]
Penkower, Monty Noam. The Emergence of Zionist Thought
(American University Studies, Series IX, History, Vol 3). Peter
Lang Publishing; 1991. Hardcover. ISBN 0-820416-00-2.
[23][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Kor83]
Kornberg, Jacques. At the Crossroads: Essays on Ahad Ha'Am.
State Univ of New York Pr; 1983. Paperback. ISBN 0-873957-39-3.
[24][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Pen94]
Penkower, Monty Noam. The Holocaust and Israel Reborn: From
Catastrophe to Sovereignty. Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref);
1994. Paperback. ISBN 0-252063-78-3.
[25][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Por90]
Porat, Dina. The Blue and the Yellow Stars of David: The
Zionist Leadership in Palestine and the Holocaust 1939-1945.
Harvard Univ Pr; 1990. Hardcover. ISBN 0-674077-08-3.
[26][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Rub84]
Rubenstein, Amnon. The Zionist Dream Revisited. Schocken Books,
New York. 1984. Out of Print. [Traces the cumulative tradition
of Israeli intellectuals from its Herzlian and Second Aliayh
roots to the present day and delves into the reasons for the
right-wing reaction that has emerged since the Six-Day War.
Very political.]
[Sac90]
Sachar, Howard M. The Course of Modern Jewish History. Vintage
Books. New revised edition, 1990. Paperback. 891 pages. ISBN
0-679727-46-9.
[27][Buy at Amazon:
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ish]
[Sac96]
Sachar, Howard M. A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism
to Our Time. Knopf; 1996. Paperback. 2nd revised edition. ISBN
0-679765-63-8.
[28][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Seg86]
Segev, Tom. 1949: The First Israelis. The Free Press, 1986.
Henry Holt (Paper); 1998. Paperback. Reprint edition. ISBN
0-805058-96-6. [A detailed history of the first year of
Israel's existence, based on an extensive study of official
documents and the press, showing how ideology met with the
reality of building a state.]
[29][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Sim62]
Simon, Leon. Selected Essays of Ahad Ha-'Am Athenium, 1962.
[Ste97]
Sternhell, Zeev; Maisel, David (transl). The Founding Myths of
Israel. Princeton Univ Pr; 1997. Hardcover. ISBN 0-691016-94-1.
[30][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Syk73]
Sykes, Christopher. Crossroads to Israel: 1917-1948. Midland
Books. 1973. Out of Print.
[Uro95]
Urofsky, Melvin I. American Zionism from Herzl to the
Holocaust. Univ of Nebraska Pr; 1995. Paperback. ISBN
0-803295-59-6.
[31][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Zip93]
Zipperstein, Steven J. Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha'Am and the
Origins of Zionism. Univ California Press; 1993. Hardcover.
ISBN 0-520081-11-0.
[32][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
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Subject: The Founders
[Avi81]
Avineri, Shlomo. The Making of Modern Zionism: The Intellectual
Origins of the Jewish State. Basic Books, 1981. Out of Print.
[A series of eighteen profiles of major thinkers: Krochmal,
Graetz, Hess, through Jabotinsky, Kook and Ben Gurion.]
[Beg51]
Begin, Menachem. The Revolt: Story of the Irgun. Schuman, New
York. 1951. Out of Print.
[Ben54]
Ben-Gurion, David. Rebirth and Destiny of Israel. Philosophical
Library, New York. 1954. Out of Print.
[Day92]
Dayan, Moshe. Moshe Dayan: Story of My Life. Da Capo Pr; 1992.
Paperback. Reprint edition. ISBN 0-306804-97-2.
[6][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Dot98]
Dothan, Shmuel. A Land in the Balance: The Struggle for
Palestine 1919-1948. Gefen Books; 1996. Hardcover. ISBN
9-650506-96-9.
[7][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9650506969/socculturejew
ish/]
[Eba72]
Eban, Abba. My Country: The Story of Modern Israel. Random
House, New York. 1972. Out of Print.
[Fro90]
Fromkin, David. A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the
Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East. Avon
Books (Pap Trd); 1990. Paperback. ISBN 0-380713-00-4. [The
Balfour Declaration and the early history of the Mandate in the
context of the larger international situation.]
[8][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Gal92]
Gal, Allon. David Ben Gurion and the American Alignment for a
Jewish State (Modern Jewish Experience). Indiana Univ Pr; 1992.
Hardcover. ISBN 0-253325-34-X.
[9][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Hal98]
Halamish, Aviva; Cummings, Ora (Translator). The Exodus Affair:
Holocaust Survivors and the Struggle for Palestine (Religion,
Theology and the Holocaust). Syracuse Univ Pr (Trade); 1998.
Hardcover. ISBN 0-815605-16-1.
[10][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Hel00]
Heller, Joseph. The Birth of Israel, 1945-1949: Ben-Gurion and
His Critics. University Press of Florida; 2000. Hardcover. ISBN
0-813017-32-7.
[11][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Her97]
Herzl, Theodor; Overberg, Henk (Translator). The Jews' State: A
Critical English Translation. Jason Aronson; 1997. Hardcover.
ISBN 0-765759-73-X.
[12][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Hur76]
Hurewitz, J. C. The Struggle for Palestine. Schocken, 1976. Out
of Print. [Reprint of the edition published by Norton, written
in the late 1940s as a thesis at Columbia. A detailed account
of Arab and Jewish politics in the Mandate and the Arab revolt
from 1936 on.]
[Hur94]
Hurwitz, Harry Zvi; Denker, Patrick R. (ed). Begin: A Portrait.
Bnai Brith Books; 1994. Paperback. ISBN 0-910250-28-6.
[13][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Jab87]
Jabotinsky, Z'ev. The War and the Jew. Altalena Press, New
York. 1987.
[Jab98]
Jabotinsky, Vladimir; Sarig, Mordechai. The Political and
Social Philosophy of Ze'Ev Jabotinsky: Selected Writings.
Vallentine Mitchell; 1998. Paperback. ISBN 0-853033-59-5.
[14][Buy at Amazon:
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[Jer96]
Jerusalem Report Staff; Horovitz, David (ed). Shalom, Friend:
The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin. Newmarket Press; 1996.
Hardcover. ISBN 1-557042-87-X.
[15][Buy at Amazon:
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[Kat96]
Katz, Shmuel. Lone Wolf: A Biography of Vladimir (Ze'Ev)
Jabotinsky. Barricade Books; 1996. Hardcover. ISBN
1-569800-42-1.
[16][Buy at Amazon:
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[Kur98]
Kurzman, Dan. Soldier of Peace: The Life of Yitzhak Rabin:
1922-1995. Harpercollins; 1998. Hardcover. ISBN 0-060186-84-4.
[17][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Per87]
Perlmutter, Amos. The Life and Times of Menachem Begin.
Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1987. Out of Print.
[Rab79]
Rabin, Yitzhak. The Rabin Memoirs. Little, Brown. 1979. Univ
California Press; 1996. Paperback. Expanded edition. ISBN
0-520207-66-1.
[18][Buy at Amazon:
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[Rob97]
Robertson, Ritchie (ed); Timms, Edward (ed). Theodor Herzl and
the Origins of Zionism. Edinburgh Univ Pr; 1997. Hardcover.
ISBN 0-748609-44-X.
[19][Buy at Amazon:
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[Sch86]
Salmon, Yosef. Religion and Zionism: First Encounters. Hebrew
University Magnes Press. November 2001. ISBN 965-493-092-7.
[This book deals with the role that Jewish religion played in
the evolution of the Zionist movement, both in the
consolidation of a Jewish national consciousness and in the
actual day to day activity of the Jewish nationalist movement.
Insofar as national consciousness was concerned, a recurring
question in the early movement was whether religious identit
constituted a necessary component of nationalist identity. This
book traces the tweists and turns of the interaction between
these two forces in Jewish history from the early 1860s until
1920.]
[20][Buy at Amazon:
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[Sch86]
Schechtman, J. B. The Life and Times of Jabotinsky. Eshel
Books, Silver Spring MD. 1986. (2 vols). Out of Print. ISBN
0-935437-18-5.
[21][Buy at Amazon:
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[Sei90]
Seidman, Hillel; Schreiber, Mordecai. Menachem Begin: His Life
and Legacy. Shengold Pub; 1990. Hardcover. ISBN 0-884001-42-3.
[22][Buy at Amazon:
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[Sha98]
Shavit, Jacob. Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement
1925-1948. Frank Cass & Co; 1988. Hardcover. ISBN
0-714633-25-9.
[23][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Sik89]
Sicker, Martin. Between Hashemites and Zionists: The Struggle
for Palestine, 1908-1988. Holmes & Meier Publishing, Inc; 1989.
Hardcover. ISBN 0-841911-76-2.
[24][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[StJ98]
St. John, Robert. Ben-Gurion: Builder of Israel. London Pub Co;
1998. Hardcover. ISBN 0-961326-24-7.
[25][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Tev87]
Teveth, Shabtai. Ben Gurion: The Burning Ground 1886-1948.
Houghton Mifflin. 1987. Out of Print. [1988 National Jewish
Book Award winner]
[Tuc56]
Tuchman, Barbara. Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from
the Bronze Age to Balfour. Funk and Wagnalls, 1956. Ballantine
Books (Trd Pap); 1988. Paperback. Reissue edition. ISBN
0-345314-27-1. [British cultural background to the Balfour
Declaration.]
[26][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Wei66]
Weitzmann, Chaim. Trial and Error. JPS, Philadelphia. Schocken,
New York. 1966.
[Zad95]
Zadka, Saul. Blood in Zion: How the Jewish Guerrillas Drove the
British Out of Palestine. Brasseys Inc; 1995. Hardcover. ISBN
1-857531-36-1.
[27][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
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Subject: Zionistic Movements
[Bel77]
Bell, J Bowyer. Terror Out of Zion: The Fight for Israeli
Independence. St. Martin's Press, 1977. Transaction Pub; 1996.
Paperback. Reprint edition. ISBN 1-560008-70-9. [A history of
the Irgun and Lehi.]
[6][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Coh92]
Cohen, Mitchell. Zion and State: Nation, Class and the Shaping
of Modern Israel. Columbia Univ Pr; 1992. Paperback. ISBN
0-231079-41-9.
[7][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Hel95]
Heller, Joseph. The Stern Gang: Ideology, Politics, and Terror,
1940-1949. Frank Cass & Co; 1995. Hardcover. ISBN
0-714645-58-3.
[8][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Lev96]
Levine, Danny. The Birth of the Irgun Zvai Leumi: The Jewish
Resistance Movement. Gefen Books; 1996. Paperback. ISBN
9-652290-71-8.
[9][Buy at Amazon:
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[Liv99]
Livni, Michael; Skirball, Henry F. Reform Zionism: Twenty Years
- An Educator's Perspective. Gefen Books; 1999. Hardcover. ISBN
9-652292-06-0. [This collection of essays and articles provides
a rare insight into classical Zionist thought as it
dialectically intersects and synthesizes with its onetime
adversary, Reform Judaism]
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[Loc97]
Lochery, Neill. Israeli Labour Party: In the Shadow of the
Likud. Ithaca; 1997. Hardcover. ISBN 0-863722-17-2.
[11][Buy at Amazon:
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[Luz88]
Luz, Ehud. Parallels Meet: Religion and Nationalism in the
Early Zionist Movement, 1882-1904. Jewish Publication Society;
1988. Hardcover. ISBN 0-827602-97-9.
[12][Buy at Amazon:
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[Saf78]
Safran, Nadav. Israel: The Embattled Ally. Harvard Univ Pr;
1978. Hardcover. ISBN 0-674468-81-3. [Excellent on the
development of the political system and on military and
diplomatic history.]
[13][Buy at Amazon:
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[Sha98]
Shavit, Jacob. Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement
1925-1948. Frank Cass & Co; 1988. Hardcover. ISBN
0-714633-25-9.
[14][Buy at Amazon:
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ish/]
[Shi95]
Shindler, Colin. Israel, Likud and the Zionist Dream: Power,
Politics and Ideaology from Begin to Netanyahu. I B Tauris & Co
Ltd; 1995. Hardcover. ISBN 1-850439-69-9.
[15][Buy at Amazon:
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(I'm still looking for references in this area. I'd like to have some
sources on the major movements (Hertzl's) as well as the other
significant organizations, such as Z'ev Jabotinsky's.)
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Subject: Zionism in Israel Today
[Abr76]
Abramov, SheneUr Zalman. Perpetual Dilemma: Jewish Religion in
the Jewish State. Associated Univ Pr; 1976. Hardcover. ISBN
0-838616-87-9.
[6][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0838616879/socculturejew
ish/]
[Ben95]
Ben-Yehuda, Nachman. The Masada Myth: Collective Memory and
Mythmaking in Israel. Univ of Wisconsin Pr; 1995. Paperback.
ISBN 0-299148-34-3. [This looks at the story of Masada and
claims that evidence does not substantiate the story. It then
looks at how the narrative was transformed and incorporated
into the collective memory and mythos of Israel, driving
resultant attitudes.]
[7][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0299148343/socculturejew
ish/]
[Car03]
Carr, Caleb. The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare
Against Civilians. Random House Trade Paperbacks; (March 11,
2003). ISBN: 0375760741.
[8][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893302164/socculturejew
ish/]
[Cha00]
Chamish, Barry. The Last Days of Israel. Dandelion Books; 2000.
Paperback. ISBN 1-893302-16-4. [This book, by a controversial
writer, explores Israeli political intrigue and corruption]
[9][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893302164/socculturejew
ish/]
[Haz00]
Hazony, Yoram. The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's
Soul. Basic Books; 2000. Hardcover. ISBN 0-465029-01-9. [This
book traces the intellectual roots of 'post-Zionism' and shows
its pervasive influence in Israeli society.]
[10][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465029019/socculturejew
ish/]
[Kat99]
Katz, Amnon. Israel: The Two Halves of the Nation. Inverted A;
1999. Hardcover. ISBN 0-938245-14-7. [Vision of Zionism as a
national movement for all the people of Palestine]
[11][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0938245147/socculturejew
ish/]
[Laq95]
Laqueur, Walter (ed), Rubin, Barry (ed). The Israel-Arab
Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict.
Penguin USA; 1995. Paperback. 5th revised and updated edition.
ISBN 0-140245-62-6.
[12][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140245626/socculturejew
ish/]
[Lie83]
Liebman, Charles; Don-Yehiya, Eliezer. Civil Religion in
Israel: Traditional Judaism and Political Culture in the Jewish
State. Univ California Press; 1983. Hardcover. ISBN
0-520048-17-2.
[13][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520048172/socculturejew
ish/]
[Net00]
Netanyahu, Benjamin. A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place
Among the Nations. Warner Books; 2000. Hardcover. ISBN
0-446523-06-2. [Discusses the relationship between the
development of Zionism and the Arab-Israeli conflict,
especially the Palestinian issue.]
[14][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446523062/socculturejew
ish/]
[Rav96]
Ravitzky, Aviezer; Swirsky, Michael (trans); Chipman, Jonathan
(trans). Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalism
(Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism). University of
Chicago Press; 1996. Hardcover. ISBN 0-226705-77-3. [This book
probes Orthodoxy's divergent positions on Zionism, which range
from radical condemnation to virtual beatification. This book
is indispensable to anyone concerned with the complex
confrontation between Jewish fundamentalism and Israeli
political sovereignty.]
[15][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226705773/socculturejew
ish/]
[Rus90]
Ruskay, John S.; Szonyi, David M. (ed). Deepening a Commitment:
Zionism and the Conservative/Masorti Movement: Papers from a
Conference of Conservative/Masorti Movement Leadership. Jewish
Theological Seminary of Amer; 1990. Paperback. ISBN
0-873340-59-0.
[16][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0873340590/socculturejew
ish/]
[Sha99]
Shlaim, Avi. The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World. W W
Norton & Company; 1999. Hardcover. ISBN 0-393048-16-0.
[17][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393048160/socculturejew
ish/]
[Sil99]
Silberstein, Laurence J. The Postzionism Debates: Knowledge and
Power in Israeli Culture. Routledge; 1999. Paperback. ISBN
0-415913-16-0. [Postzionism is a term increasingly used in
Israeli public culture to refer to those who challenge
zionism's hegemony. This book discusses and analyzes the
debates over post-zionism that go to the heart of Israeli
national identity and culture.]
[18][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415913160/socculturejew
ish/]
[Tes94]
Tessler, Mark A. A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(Indiana Series in Arab and Islamic Studies). Indiana Univ Pr;
1994. Paperback. ISBN 0-253208-73-4.
[19][Buy at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0253208734/socculturejew
ish/]
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Subject: Additional Uncategorized Suggestions
The following books have also been suggested, but I need additional
citation information and a short synopsis in order to properly enter
them onto the reading list:
[Belxx]
Bel, J. Bonyer. Terror Out of Zion
[Ben83]
Ben-Ami, Yitshaq. Years Of Wrath, Days Of Glory: Memoirs From
The Irgun. New York, N.Y. : Shengold Publishers, 1983.
[Choxx]
Chouraqui, Andre. A Man Alone
[Coh66]
Cohen, Geulah. Woman Of Violence: Memoirs of a Young Terrorist,
1943-1948. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. New
York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1966.
[Eldxx]
Eldad, Israel. The Jewish Revolution
[Eli84]
Eliav, Yaacov. Wanted. Translated and adapted from the Hebrew
by Mordecai Schreiber. New York : Shengold Publishers, c1984.
[Fraxx]
Frank, Gerald. The Deed [About the assasination of Lord Moyne]
[Gil78]
Gilbert, Martin Exile And Return: The Struggle For A Jewish
Homeland. Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1978.
[Gitxx]
Gitlin, Jan. The Conquest of Acre Fortress
[Kat53]
Katz, Doris. The Lady Was A Terrorist, During Israel's War Of
Liberation. New York : Shiloni Publishers, 1953.
[Katxxa]
Katz, Samuel. Battleground
[Katxxb]
Katz, Samuel. Days of Fire
[Merxx]
Meridor, Yakov. Long is the Road to Freedom [About the Irgun
exile in Africa]
[OBr86]
O'Brien, Coner Cruise. The Siege: The Saga Of Israel And
Zionism. New York : Simon and Schuster, c1986.
[Per79]
Perl, William. The Four Front War: From The Holocaust To The
Promised Land. New York : Crown Publishers, c1979. [About
illegal immigration]
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Subject: How do I obtain copies of the Reading Lists?
Answer:
There are a number of different ways to obtain copies of the Reading
Lists:
* WWW. If you are reading this on Usenet, and would like to see an
online, hyperlinked version, go visit [2]http://www.scjfaq.org/.
This is the "web" version of the FAQ; the version posted to Usenet
is generated from the web version. Note that the www.scjfaq.org
version is a copy of the actual master version; if you want to
access the master, visit [3]http://master.scjfaq.org/.
Alternatively, if you would like to see the posted version through
the web, visit [4]http://shamash.org/listarchives/scj-faq/. The
FAQ is in the subdirectory "FAQ"; the reading lists are in the
subdirectory "rl".
* Email. Scjfaq.org also provides an autoretriever that allows one
to obtain a copy of the reading lists by return Email. To use the
autoretriever, you send a retrieval request to
[5]arch...@scjfaq.org with the request in the body of the
message. A more reliable way to retrieve these files is through
the [6]FAQ autoretriever
([7]http://www.mljewish.org/bin/autoresp.cgi). For the FAQ, the
request has the form:
send faq partname
For the reading list, the request has the form:
send rl partname
"Partname" is replaced by the name of the part, as shown in the
general index. The following is a short summary of the mapping of
partnames for the Reading Lists:
+ [8]general: Introduction and General. Includes book sources,
starting points for beginners, starting points for non-Jewish
readers, General Judaism, General Jewish Thought, General
Jewish History, Contemporary Judaism, Noachide Laws, Torah
and Torah Commentary, Talmud and Talmudic Commentary,
Mishnah, Midrash, Halachic Codes, Becoming An Observant Jew,
Women and Judaism, and Science and Judaism.
+ [9]traditional: Traditional Liturgy, Practice, Lifestyle,
Holidays. Includes Traditional Liturgy; Traditional
Philosophy and Ethics; Prayer; Traditional Practice; The
Household; Life, Death, and In-Between; and The Cycle Of
Holidays.
+ [10]mysticism: Kabbalah, Mysticism, and Messianism. Includes
Academic and Religious treatments of Kabbalah, Sprituality,
and the Jewish notion of the Messiah.
+ [11]reform: Reform/Progressive Judaism
+ [12]conservative: Conservative Judaism
+ [13]reconstructionist: Reconstructionist Judaism
+ [14]humanistic: Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic
Judaism)
+ [15]chasidism: Chassidism. Includes general information on
historical chassidism, as well as specific information on
Lubavitch (Chabad), Satmar, Breslaw (Breslov), and other
approaches.
+ [16]zionism: Zionism. Includes Zionism and The Development Of
Israel, The Founders, Zionistic Movements, and Judaism in
Israel.
+ [17]antisemitism: Antisemitism. Includes sections on
Antisemitism, What Led to The Holocaust, Medieval Oppression,
Antisemitism Today (Including Dealing with Hate Groups),
Judaism and Christianity, and Judaism, Freemasonry and other
rumors.
+ [18]intermarriage: Intermarriage. Includes sections on "So
You're Considering Intermarriage?", The Traditional
Viewpoint, Conversion, and Coping With Life As An
Intermarried.
+ [19]childrens: Books for Jewish Children. Includes sections
on Birth and Naming, Raising a Child, Family Guidebooks,
Upsheren, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, Holiday Books for
Children, Liturgy for Children, Bible and Torah for Children,
Jewish History for Children, Jewish Theology for Children,
Israel, Learning Hebrew, and Jewish Stories.
The following is a short summary of the mapping to partnames for
the FAQ:
+ [20]01-FAQ-intro: Section [21]1: Network and Newsgroup
Information.
+ [22]02-Who-We-Are: Section [23]2: Who We Are
+ [24]03-Torah-Halacha: Sections [25]3, [26]4: Torah; Halachic
Authority
+ [27]04-Observance: Sections [28]5, [29]6, [30]7, [31]8:
Jewish Holidays; Jewish Dietary Law and Kashrut; Sabbath and
Holiday Observance; Woman and Marriage
+ [32]05-Worship: Sections [33]9, [34]10, [35]11: Jewish
Worship; Conversion, Intermarriage, and "Who is a Jew?";
Miscellaneous Practice Questions
+ [36]06-Jewish-Thought: Section [37]12: Jewish Thought
+ [38]07-Jews-As-Nation: Section [39]13: Jews as a Nation
+ [40]08-Israel: Section [41]14: Jews and Israel
+ [42]09-Antisemitism: Sections [43]15, [44]16, [45]17: Churban
Europa (The Holocaust); Antisemitism and Rumors about Jews;
Countering Missionaries
+ [46]10-Reform: Section [47]18: Reform/Progressive Judaism
+ [48]11-Miscellaneous: Sections [49]19, [50]20: Miscellaneous;
References and Getting Connected
+ [51]12-Kids: Section [52]21: Jewish Childrearing Related
Questions
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send usenet/news.answers/judaism/reading-lists/general
* Anonymous FTP: All portions of the FAQ and of the reading lists
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Subject: Credits
This list is based primarily on sources obtained during a course on
Zionism taught by Dr. Deborah Lipstadt at UCLA in the early 1980s
(alas, she has since moved on from UCLA onto bigger and better
things), as well as the "70 books about Israel 70" section in the
Third Jewish Catalog. Other contributors include A. Engler Anderson,
David A Guberman, Alon Kahana, Gary Kulwin, Reuven M. Lerner, Oren
Levine, and Lewis Reich. Eric Simon provided addition entries during
the Summer 2000 Remodeling. Suggestions for additions or deletions are
welcome, as are brief annotations for the entries. I'm particularly
looking for information on the various zionistic movements.
A special thank you... Special thanks for her patience and
understanding go to my wife, Karen, who put up with me hiding at the
computer for the two months it took to complete the July/August 2000
remodel of the entire soc.culture.jewish FAQ and Reading Lists. If you
think the effort was worth it, drop her a note c/o
[6]maint...@scjfaq.org.
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