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1 online resource (xi, 380 pages) : maps. |
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Sources in modern Jewish history
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Sources in modern Jewish history.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"In 1880 the Jewish community in Palestine encompassed some 20,000 Orthodox Jews; within sixty-five years it was transformed into a secular proto-state with well-developed political, military, and economic institutions, a vigorous Hebrew-language culture, and some 600,000 inhabitants. The Origins of Israel, 1882-1948: A Documentary History chronicles the making of modern Israel before statehood, providing in English the texts of original sources (many translated from Hebrew and other languages) accompanied by extensive introductions and commentaries from the volume editors. This sourcebook assembles a diverse array of 62 documents, many of them unabridged, to convey the ferment, dissent, energy, and anxiety that permeated the Zionist project from its inception to the creation of the modern nation of Israel. Focusing primarily on social, economic, and cultural history rather than Zionist thought and diplomacy, the texts are organized in themed chapters. They present the views of Zionists from many political and religious camps, factory workers, farm women, militants, intellectuals promoting the Hebrew language and arts-as well as views of ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionists. The volume includes important unabridged documents from the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict that are often cited but are rarely read in full. The editors, Eran Kaplan and Derek J. Penslar, provide both primary texts and informative notes and commentary, giving readers the opportunity to encounter voices from history and make judgments for themselves about matters of world-historical significance."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: SECTION I ROOTS OF THE "NEW YISHUV" -- 1. Letter of Complaint to the Settlers of Rishon Le-Tsion (1883) / Baron Edmond De Othschild -- 2. Dispensation for the Sabbatical Year (1888) -- 3. Rothschild Administration (1890) / Mordechai Ben Hillel Ha-Kohen -- 4. Truth from Eretz Yisrael (1891) / Ahad Ha-Am -- 5. Outline for an Agenda (1906) / Ha-Po'el Hatsa'ir -- 6. Platform (1906) and Proposal for a Program (1907) / Po'alei Tsion -- 7. Strike at Kinneret Farm (1911) / David Ben-Gurion -- 8. Yemenite Immigrants and Their Absorption in the Settlements (1913) / Shmuel Yavnieli -- 9. Founding Statement (1909) / Ha-Shomer -- 10. Letters from an Anonymous Farm Wife of the First Aliyah (1889) -- 11. Pioneer Women of the Second Aliyah -- 12. Jaffa Changes its Face (1907) / Ze'ev Smilansky -- SECTION II BUILDING THE JEWISH NATIONAL HOME -- 13. Selection of the Fittest (1919) / Arthur Ruppin -- 14. Collective Agricultural Settlements in Palestine (1927) / Yitzhak Wilkansky -- 15. Song of the Valley (1934) / Nathan Alterman -- 16. Going Down to the Sea (1937) / David Ben-Gurion -- 17. Labor Incidents in Palestine (1925) / W Ormsby Gore -- 18. Pechter Strike (1927) / Anonymous Jewish Workers -- 19. Labor Brigade (1926) -- 20. Tel Aviv (1933) / Yitzhak Gruenbaum -- 21. Tel Aviv as a Jewish City (1939) -- 22. Platform for the 1931 Elections to the Representative Assembly (1931) / Union Of United General Zionists -- 23. Thou Shalt Not Wear Sha'atnez (1929) / Vladimir Jabotinsky -- 24. Betar and the Zionist Revolution (1932) / Yehoshua Heschel Yevin -- 25. Strike at the Froumine Biscuit Factory (1932) -- 26. Labor Disputes and Acts of Violence (1934) / David Remez -- 27. Rabbi Herzog on the Chief Rabbinate (ca 1948) -- 28. Public Announcement (1938) / The Neturei Karta Community Oe Haredi Jewry -- SECTION III FORGING A MODERN HEBREW CULTURE IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL -- 29. Plain Language Association (1889) / Eliezer Ben Yehuda -- 30. How to Spread the Use of Hebrew (1927) / Menachem Ussishkin -- 31. Purim Celebrations in Tel Aviv (1931) -- 32. National and Cultural Importance of Bezalel (1930) / Joseph Klausner -- 33. Hebrew Stage: Moriah, not Acropolis (1926) / Avigdor Hameiri -- 34. Mordechai Golinkin and the Palestine Opera (1927) -- 35. Cinema Controversy in Tel Aviv (1932) -- 36. Hebrew University (1925) / Chaim Weizmann -- SECTION IV JEWISH-ARAB CONFLICT AND ZIONIST RESPONSES -- 37. Need for Defense (1919) / Yitzhak Tabenkin -- 38. Tel Hai (1920) / Y H Brenner -- 39. Yizkor(1920) / Berl Katznelson -- 40. Response to the Arab Riots (1930) / The General Federation Of Laborers In The Land Of Israel -- 41. Future of Zionist Policy (1932) / Chaim Arlosoroff -- 42. On the Partition of Palestine (1937) / David Ben-Gurion -- 43. Platform for Judeo-Arab Accord (1930) / Chaim Margalit-Kalvarisky -- 44. Platform (1942) / Ihud -- 45. On the Iron Wall (1923) / Vladimir Jabotinsky -- 46. On Militarism (1929) / Vladimir Jabotinsky -- SECTION V WORLD WAR II, THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE YISHUV -- 47. Diary (1940-41) / Arthur Ruppin -- 48. Introduction to the book of valor (1944) / Berl Katznelson -- 49. On the Defense of Palestine and the Jews (1942) / David Ben-Gurion -- 50. Origins of the Palmach (1940-42) -- 51. Palmach's First Operations (1944) / Yitzak Sader -- 52. Palmach Anthem (1944) / Zeru Baeel Gilad -- 53. Outlines of Zionist Policy (1941) / David Ben-Gurion -- 54. Liberating Jerusalem (1942) / Irgun Tzva'lle'umi -- 55. Four Years (1943) / Ha-Shomer Ha-Tsn'ir -- 56. Works by Avraham Stern and Lehi (1932 ca. 1943) -- SECTION VI STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE -- 57. Silver Platter (1947) / Nathan Alterman -- 58. AJewish Child's Letter to an Lsraeli Soldier (1948) -- 59. Public Opinion during the 1948 War -- 60. Radio Broadcasts from The Voice of Fighting Zion (1947) -- 61. Deir Yassin (1948) / The Voice Of Fighting Zion -- 62. Status Quo Agreements (1947). |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Jews -- Palestine -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
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Jews. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Sources.
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Jews -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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20th century |
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Zionism -- Palestine -- History -- Sources.
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Palestine -- History -- 1799-1917 -- Sources.
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Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 -- Sources.
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Israel -- History -- Sources.
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Israel. |
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Israel -- History -- Declaration of Independence, 1948 -- Sources.
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Zionism. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- Israel. |
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Middle East -- Palestine. |
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Declaration of Independence (Israel : 1948) |
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1799-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Kaplan, Eran, editor.
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Penslar, Derek Jonathan, editor.
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Sorkin, David Jan, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Origins of Israel, 1882-1948. Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, ©2011 9780299284947 (DLC) 2011018955 (OCoLC)723142693 |
| ISBN |
9780299284930 (electronic book) |
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029928493X (electronic book) |
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9786613532213 |
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6613532215 |
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9780299284947 |
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0299284948 |
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128012833X |
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9781280128332 |
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9786613532213 |
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