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Article: The Americanization of Zionism, 1897-1948.(Book Review)
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- American Jewish History
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- June 1, 2004
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The Americanization of Zionism, 1897-1948. By Naomi W. Cohen. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England, 2003. 304 pp.
Naomi W. Cohen's The Americanization of Zionism, 1897-1948 seeks to demonstrate that American Zionism was shaped by "the needs of Jews in America (as well as in Europe), the stand of the American government, and the demands of American public opinion" (1). It "does not purport to be a synthetic history of American Zionism," but is rather an examination of "certain significant sub-themes" that "flesh out the American/Zionist nexus" (2). Organized in a semi-chronological and thematic fashion, the book is framed by ...