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. Waxman delivers a broad analysis of the phenomenon of American migration to Israel - aliya. Working...
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 t...
