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Language: eng Language: eng Publisher: Wayne State University Press Subject: Emigration and immigration Subject: Jews, American--Palestine--History--20th century Subject: Jews--United States--Migrations--History--20th century Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Subject: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration Date: 2002 Content Type: WSUebook Collection: Wayne State University eBooks-
From new Zion to old Zion: American Jewish immigration and settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939
American Aliyah (immigration to Palestine) began in the mid-nineteenth century fueled by the desire of American Jews to study Torah and by their wish to live and be buried in the Holy Land. His movement of people-men and women-increased between World War I and II, in direct contrast to European Jewry’s desire to immigrate to the United States. Why would American Jews want to leave America, and what characterized their resettlement? From New Zion to Old Zion analyzes the migration of American Jew…