Judah L. Magnes: An American Jewish Nonconformist

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449 Index Abdul-Hadi, Auni Bey, 243, 250–51 Abraham, Abraham, 55, 65, 66, 354n29 Abrahamson, Pauline and Jacob, 11–12 Academic Assistance Council, 215–16 Academic Council of the Hebrew University , 191, 205–6, 207, 211 Achavah Club, 114–16, 282, 366n85, 367n89, 367n91 Adler, Cyrus, 90–91, 181, 186, 234 Administrative Committee for the Hebrew University, 190 Agnon, S. Y., 272–73 Agudah Leumit (National Association), 48–49 Agudath ha-Rabbanim (Orthodox Rabbinical Union), 81 Agudath Israel, 239–40, 283 Ahad Ha-Am: call for Jewish self-defense groups, 99; call for revival of Jewish culture, 60, 164, 330; concept of Zionism , 42–43, 44; concerns about Arab population in Palestine, 137, 161–62, 380n86; influence on Magnes, 87, 172, 349nn97–98; on Jerusalem Committee , 181; Silverman’s response to, 71 AJC. See American Jewish Committee (AJC) Alami, Musa: negotiations with BenGurion , 249, 251, 252; negotiations with Committee of Five, 257; negotiations with Magnes, 243–44, 254, 256; negotiations with Shertok, 258, 403n133 America: Anglo-American Committee and, 301–5; civic culture of, 365n64; interim trusteeship plan, 312, 313–14; Jewish Agency’s call for Jewish state, 306; Magnes’s desire for intervention in Palestine, 289; Magnes’s image of, 5, 8, 109–12, 150, 155, 220; MorrisonGrady Plan, 306; view of partition, 311 American Academy of Jewish Research (AAJR), 186 American Association for Union, 307 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 149–50 American Committee (Hebrew University ), 181, 186, 188, 203 American Council for Judaism (ACJ), 295–96, 297, 313 American Friends of the Hebrew University , 214 American ideals: Arab-Jewish relations and, 220, 226; binational plan for Palestine based on, 288–89, 291; censorship vs., 149–50; Hebrew University based on, 171, 200; internal dissent legitimized by, 110–12; intolerance during World War I and, 156, 288; Jewish identity and, 109–11; Pittsburgh Platform based on, 13; translation to Palestine, 8–9, 171; unification of American Jews and, 109, 338n12; Zionism and, 159–60, 233–34, 252–53, 292, 299. See also democracy; equality; pluralism; progressivism 450 | Index Americanization, 111–12. See also assimilation American Jewish Committee (AJC): American Jewish Congress and, 129–40, 372n176; Arab-Jewish relations and, 290, 292–93, 306, 307, 312, 313, 315; Bingham episode and, 104; Clinton Hall Committee and, 104–6; conflict with PECGZA, 370–71n157; criticism of Brandeis, 373n186; Magnes and, 153–54, 297, 318, 371n159; national socialists and, 372n174; organization of, 102–3; Washington conference, 132; World War I and, 124, 125, 126–27; Zionist cooperation with, 142 American Jewish Congress: Brandeis ’s role in movement, 133–38, 140, 141–42, 153, 372n174, 373n186; discussion of terms, 128–33; endorsement of Balfour Declaration, 160; as example of intergroup collaboration, 360n3; German Jews’ response to, 68, 101–3; Magnes’s pacifist activities and, 153; Magnes’s role in movement, 68, 92, 101–3, 128–43, 231, 371n159; meeting of, 165, 377n49; negotiations for compromise , 137–43, 370–71n157; Zionist/ AJC conflict over, 133–37 American Jewish Physicians Committee (AJCP), 180 American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC), 128, 141 American Jewry: acceptance of Christian interpretations, 173; American Reform movement, 7, 13; BenGurion ’s reliance upon, 286, 290; Bingham episode and, 103–4; call for creation of Jewish state, 280, 294; call for democracy in, 360n3; changes wrought by Holocaust/ Biltmore Program, 308, 327; cultural renewal of, 21, 58, 60–61; debate over direction for, 353n9; endorsement of America’s involvement in World War I, 144–45, 373n2; Hebrew University and, 180; immigration to Palestine, 169–70; influence of democracy/ bureaucracy on, 338n12; interest in Hebrew University, 185, 289; Magnes as emblematic of, 4–5; Magnes’s campaign for Ihud, 290–93; Magnes’s connection to in Palestine, 7, 9–10, 170, 186–88, 261, 289, 292–97, 308, 313–14, 315 (see also American Jewish Committee [AJC]; American nonZionists ; Warburg, Felix); Magnes’s desire for unity within, 73, 80–91, 93–94, 101, 103–16 (see also American Jewish Congress; Kehillah); Magnes’s pacifism and, 151–53; Magnes’s reconstruction of, 1, 4–5, 71–72; moderate Zionism and, 289–97; nativist views of, 103–4; philanthropic approach to Jews in crisis/Zionism, 97, 99, 125, 170, 291, 409n62; power struggle within, 128–43, 370n143; progressive politics, 93, 360n3, 362–63n31; Red Scare and, 153–54; reestablishment of relationship with Magnes, 186; rejection of Magnes, 151–55, 165–67, 286, 289, 293–97, 315; response to binational plan, 235, 286, 289; response to Holocaust, 291, 338n13, 409n61; role in revitalizing Europe, 169...