Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics

Israel versus the American Jewish Establishment

AvFred A. Lazin

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

Del i serien Studies in Public Policy

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Beskrivning

Until 1989 most Soviet Jews wanting to immigrate to the United States left on visas for Israel via Vienna. In Vienna, with the assistance of American aid organizations, thousands of Soviet Jews transferred to Rome and applied for refugee entry into the United States. The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics examines the conflict between the Israeli government and the organized American Jewish community over the final destination of Soviet Jewish émigrés between 1967 and 1989. A generation after the Holocaust, a battle surrounded the thousands of Soviet Jewish émigrés fleeing persecution by choosing to resettle in the United States instead of Israel. Exploring the changing ethnic identity and politics of the United States, Fred A. Lazin engages history, ethical dilemma, and diplomacy to uncover the events surrounding this conflict. This book is essential reading for students and scholars of public policy, immigration studies, and Jewish history.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-09-27
Mått:154 x 228 x 30 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Public Policy
Antal sidor:368
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739113431

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Fred A. Lazin is the Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Professor of Local Government at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

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Fred Lazin's book covers one of the great humanitarian campaigns of our time. But even beyond the struggle over the fate of Soviet Jewry, it provides wonderful insight into the ways in which humanitarian impulse, public policy, and civic society come together in America. Lazin has provided a valuable account of how the system can work when there is sufficient good will and dedication to do the right thing.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Putting the Soviet Jewry Issue on the Public Agenda in the United States: From Indifference to the Jackson-Vanik AmendmentChapter 3 Freedom of Choice and the Committee of Eight: Israel Versus the American Jewish EstablishmentChapter 4 Round Two of the Freedom of Choice Debate: The Israelis Fail AgainChapter 5 The 1980s: The Soviet Jewry Advocacy Movement is Kept AliveChapter 6 The Reagan Gorbachev Summits: Moving Toward a Resolution of the Soviet Jewry IssueChapter 7 The Conflict over Turf in the American Soviet Jewry Advocacy Movement: The Dominance of the CJFChapter 8 The Final Struggle over Soviet Jewish Emigration: A Quota that Ended the Freedom of Choice DebateChapter 9 American Jews, Soviet Jewry Advocacy, Israel and American Politics: American Jewish Leaders Redefine Their Political Interests