Table of Contents

Preface
1. Zionism and Its Reform Jewish Critics in America Before World War II
2. The Rebellion of the Dissident Reform Rabbis
3. The Formation of the American Council for Judaism
4. The Councils' Wartime Anti-Zionist Campaign
5. Between War and Peace
6. The Search for Compromise in Palestine
7. The Emergence of Israel
Epilogue and Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Index

Promotional Information

The first full-scale history of the only organized American Jewish opposition to Zionism during the 1940s

Promotional Information

The first full-scale history of the only organized American Jewish opposition to Zionism during the 1940s

About the Author

Thomas A. Klosky is a Professor of History and Political Science at Montgomery County Community College (Blue Bell, Pennsylvania) and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Temple University, Ambler Campus.

Reviews

"[A]bsorbing and challenging."
—The New York Times Book Review

"Kolsky tells well...the story of the ACJ in its prime"
—The Christian Century

"The American Council for Judaism['s]...story is now ably told by Thomas Kolsky.... In the tragedy of the European Jews and the saga of Israel's founding, the American Council for Judaism is a footnote, but not an insignificant one. Many of its fears have been realized...."
—The Philadelphia Inquirer