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Coverage: Israel Coverage: United States Coverage: United States Subject: Emigration and immigration Subject: Jews, American--Israel Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Date: 1989 Content Type: WSUebook Content Type: WSUebook Collection: Wayne Open Book Collection Collection: Wayne State University eBooks Collection: Wayne State University eBooks-
American aliya: portrait of an innovative migration movement
The major focus is on the who, when, and where of American immigration to Israel, but it is the "why" of this aliya which constitutes the core of the book. Waxman analyzes the relationship between Zionism, aliya, and the Jewish experience. Chapters include "Zion in Jewish culture," a synopsis of Zionism through the years, and "American Jewry and the land of Israel in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries," an account of proto-Zionist ideas and movements in early America.
Chaim I. Wa…