ABSTRACT
This Handbook, the first of its kind, provides an in- depth examination of the evolution, ideology, history and culture of Zionism and its various movements.
Distancing itself from the slogans and cliches of advocacy, the volume provides much-needed context and background on the emergence of Zionism. The Handbook is divided into eight parts – with contributions from some forty of the world’s leading scholars on Zionism –to elucidate its various strands. These include underrepresented areas such as Zionism in the Arab World before the establishment of the State of Israel, Zionism and Marxism, the emergence of the Zionist Right, the language war between Hebrew and Yiddish, the struggle for Jewish women’s suffrage, the poetry of Lea Goldberg, and Zionism in emerging new Jewish communities in locations like Papua New Guinea, Guatemala and Zimbabwe. Another section on Zionism in repressive states stretches from an examination of Zionism in Hitler’s Germany to the Ayatollahs’ Iran today; from subterranean Zionism in Stalin’s Russia to apartheid South Africa. The volume concludes by examining current issues, including the relationship between evangelicals and Zionism in the US, and the representation of Zionism in the age of the internet.
Providing a sweeping overview of Zionism in its many forms, the volume will appeal to students, researchers and general readers interested in Jewish studies in the Middle East and beyond, as well as those seeking to understand the roots of contemporary Israel.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |13 pages
The Genesis of the Zionist Idea
part One|49 pages
Understanding Zionism
chapter 4|13 pages
The Ben-Gurion Perspective
part Two|28 pages
The Debates Within
part |28 pages
The Ascent of Socialism-Zionism
part |33 pages
Nationalism, Liberalism and Authoritarianism
chapter 9|15 pages
Rightward Bound
part Three|72 pages
Ideological Rivals
part Four|66 pages
Building a Cultural Zion
part Five|39 pages
Women in Zion
chapter 21|12 pages
Gender Paradoxes
part Six|27 pages
Zionism in Repressive States
chapter 23|15 pages
The Reaction to Zionism in Mussolini's Italy
part |34 pages
The USSR and the Soviet Bloc
part |34 pages
The Muslim World
part |12 pages
South Africa
part Seven|31 pages
Old Christianity and New Judaism
chapter 30|12 pages
‘What Can Resist the Will of England in Palestine?’
part |16 pages
New Jews and Zionism
part Eight|55 pages
Twenty-First-Century Episodes