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American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement

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Chaim I. Waxman
1989
Published by: Wayne State University Press
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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 within the context of the sociology of migration, Waxman provides primary research into a variety of dimensions of this movement and demonstrates the inadequacy of current migration theories to characterize aliya.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Tables

Preface

Introduction

PART I

1. Zion in Jewish Culture

2. Messianism and the Forerunners of Zionism in the Nineteenth Century

3. American Jewry and the Land of Israel in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

PART II

4. Early Twentieth Century American Zionism

5. American Aliya Before the Six-Day War

6. American Aliya, 1967-1987

PART III

7. The Centrality of Israel in American Jewish Life

8. Orthodox Judaism in Modern American Society

PART IV

9. The Acculturation of American Israelis

10. American Israelis in "the Territories"

11. The Return Migration of American Olim

12. Families Apart: Parents of American Olim

13. Aliya and the Priorities of the American Jewish Community

Notes

Index

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