Subject: Judaism Reading List: Zionism (Pt. IX)
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              Selected Sources for Additional Reading on Judaism
                  Part IX: Zionism and the Birth of Israel
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   This message is intended to provide readers of soc.culture.jewish with
   a list of references to allow them to learn more about the history of
   the state of Israel and what Zionism is. It does not cover current
   Israeli or middle-eastern politics. Discussions of politics are held
   in talk.politics.mideast. However, some of the entries on the list
   should provide useful background and insight into those discussions.
   Reproduction of this posting for commercial use is subject to
   restriction. See Part 1 (general) for more details.

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Subject: ORGANIZATION

   This reading list is organized as follows:
     * Introduction to this Reading List 
     * Zionism and The Development Of Israel 
     * The Founders 
     * Zionistic Movements 
     * Judaism in Israel 
     * Additional Suggestions 
       

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Subject: Zionism and The Development Of Israel

   [Chu67]
          Churchill, Randolph S. & Winston S. The Six Day War. Penguin.
          1967. [a classic contemporary account]
          
   [CohM87]
          Cohen, Mitchell. Zion & State: Nation, Class and the Shaping of
          Modern Israel. Blackwell. 1987. [the struggle between
          mainstream and Revisionist Zionism during the Mandatory and
          early statehood periods]
          
   [CohN75]
          Cohen, Naomi. American Jews and the Zionist Idea. Ktav. 1975
          
   [Grexx]
          Greenspahn, Frederick E. (ed.). Essential Papers on Israel and
          the Ancient Near East. NYU Press.
          
   [Hal77]
          Halkin, Hillel. Letters to an American Jewish Friend: A
          Zionist's Polemic. JPS, Philadelphia PA. 1977 . [Halkin, an
          American oleh, addresses six fictional letters to his imaginary
          friend, explaining to him why he should make aliyah. Considered
          a classic among American olim in Israel (esp. the non-orthodox
          olim, since Halkin basically espouses a secular Zionist
          position).]
          
   [Hal76]
          Halpern, Ben. The Idea of a Jewish State. Harvard University
          Press, 1976
          
   [Har88]
          Harkabi, Yehoshafat. Israel's Fateful Hour. Harper & Row. 1988.
          [the former director of IDF military intelligence, Hebrew
          University professor of international relations, and winner of
          the 1993 Israel Prize, explains Israel's need for peace and the
          feasibility of "land for peace"; based on the author's Hachpaot
          Goraliot]
          
   [Her17]
          Herzl, Theodore. The Jewish State. Federation of American
          Zionists, New York. 1917
          
   [Her75]
          Herzog, Chaim. The War of Atonement. Steinmatzky. 1975. [by
          Israel's former president]
          
   [Her79]
          Hertzberg, Arthur. The Zionist Idea. Atheneum. 1979. [An
          outstanding 85 page introductory essay and anthology of
          writings by leading Zionists]
          
   [Jaf89a]
          Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The
          West Bank and Gaza: Israel's Options for Peace. Tel Aviv
          University. 1989. [essential background reading from a study
          group led by Aharon Yariv, a former director of IDF military
          intelligence; initially sponsored by the American Jewish
          Congress and co-sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of
          B'nai Brith]
          
   [Jaf89b]
          Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The
          West Bank and Gaza: Toward A Solution. Tel Aviv University.
          1989. [a companion to Jaf89b; independent proposals by the
          Jaffee Center study group]
          
   [Laq72]
          Laqueur, Walter. A History of Zionism Schocken Books, New York.
          1972
          
   [Man76]
          Mandel, Neville. The Arabs and Zionism Before World War I.
          University of California. 1976.
          
   [Mel93]
          Melman, Yossi. The New Israelis. Keter. [The first half of the
          book is a history of Zionism, along with an analysis of the
          decisions, accomplishments, compromises, and mistakes that the
          major leaders made. The second half of the book discusses
          various aspects of Israeli society, such as religious groups,
          Israeli Arabs, Sefardim, defense needs, and so on. Note: Melman
          is clearly a left-wing secular Israeli.]
          
   [Pen91]
          Penkower, Monty Noam. The Emergence of Zionist Thought. Peter
          Lang, 1991
          
   [Pen94]
          Penkower, Monty Noam. The Holocaust and Israel Reborn.
          University of Illinois Press, 1994.
          
   [Rub84]
          Rubenstein, Amnon. The Zionist Dream Revisited. Schocken Books,
          New York. 1984. [Traces the cumulative tradition of Israeli
          intellectuals from its Herzlian and Second Aliayh roots to the
          present day and delves into the reasons for the right-wing
          reaction that has emerged since the Six-Day War. Very
          political.]
          
   [Sac77]
          Sachar, Howard Morley. The Course of Modern Jewish History.
          Delta. 1977.
          
   [Seg86]
          Segev, Tom. 1949: The First Israelis. The Free Press, 1986. [A
          detailed history of the first year of Israel's existence, based
          on an extensive study of official documents and the press,
          showing how ideology met with the reality of building a state.]
          
   [Sim62]
          Simon, Leon. Selected Essays of Ahad Ha-'Am Athenium, 1962.
          
   [Syk73]
          Sykes, Christopher. Crossroads to Israel: 1917-1948. Midland
          Books. 1973.
          

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Subject: The Founders

   [Beg51]
          Begin, Menachem. The Revolt: Story of the Irgun. Schuman, New
          York. 1951.
          
   [Ben54]
          Ben-Gurion, David. Rebirth and Destiny of Israel. Philosophical
          Library, New York. 1954.
          
   [Eba72]
          Eban, Abba. My Country: The Story of Modern Israel. Random
          House, New York. 1972. [Jab87] Jabotinsky, Z'ev. The War and
          the Jew. Altalena Press, New York. 1987.
          
   [Rab79]
          Rabin, Yitzhak. The Rabin Memoirs. Little, Brown. 1979.
          
   [Sch86]
          Schechtman, J. B. The Life and Times of Jabotinsky. Eshel
          Books, Silver Spring MD. 1986. (2 vols).
          
   [Tev87]
          Teveth, Shabtai. Ben Gurion: The Burning Ground 1886-1948.
          Houghton Mifflin. 1987. [1988 National Jewish Book Award
          winner]
          
   [Wei66]
          Weitzmann, Chaim. Trial and Error. JPS, Philadelphia. Schocken,
          New York. 1966.
          

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Subject: Zionistic Movements

   [Luz88]
          Luz, Ehud. Parallels Meet: Religion and Nationalism in the
          Early Zionist Movement, 1882-1904. JPS: Philadelphia PA. 1988.
          ISBN 0-8276-0297-9. (JPS)
          
   [Sha88]
          Shavit, Jacob Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement,
          1925-1948. F. Cass, Totowa NJ. 1988.
          
   (I'm still looking for references in this area. I'd like to have some
   sources on the major movements (Hertzl's) as well as the other
   significant organizations, such as Z'ev Jabotinsky's.)

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Subject: Judaism in Israel

   [Abr76]
          Abramov, S. Zalman. Perpetual Dilemma: Jewish Religion in the
          Jewish State. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford
          NJ. 1976
          

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Subject: Additional Suggestions

   The following books have also been suggested, but I need additional
   citation information and a short synopsis in order to properly enter
   them onto the reading list:
   
   [Belxx]
          Bel, J. Bonyer. Terror Out of Zion
          
   [Ben83]
          Ben-Ami, Yitshaq. Years Of Wrath, Days Of Glory: Memoirs From
          The Irgun. New York, N.Y. : Shengold Publishers, 1983.
          
   [Choxx]
          Chouraqui, Andre. A Man Alone
          
   [Coh66]
          Cohen, Geulah. Woman Of Violence: Memoirs of a Young Terrorist,
          1943-1948. Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. New
          York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1966.
          
   [Eldxx]
          Eldad, Israel. The Jewish Revolution
          
   [Eli84]
          Eliav, Yaacov. Wanted. Translated and adapted from the Hebrew
          by Mordecai Schreiber. New York : Shengold Publishers, c1984.
          
   [Fraxx]
          Frank, Gerald. The Deed [About the assasination of Lord Moyne]
          
   [Gil78]
          Gilbert, Martin Exile And Return: The Struggle For A Jewish
          Homeland. Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1978.
          
   [Gitxx]
          Gitlin, Jan. The Conquest of Acre Fortress
          
   [Kat53]
          Katz, Doris. The Lady Was A Terrorist, During Israel's War Of
          Liberation. New York : Shiloni Publishers, 1953.
          
   [Katxxa]
          Katz, Samuel. Battleground
          
   [Katxxb]
          Katz, Samuel. Days of Fire
          
   [Merxx]
          Meridor, Yakov. Long is the Road to Freedom [About the Irgun
          exile in Africa]
          
   [OBr86]
          O'Brien, Coner Cruise. The Siege: The Saga Of Israel And
          Zionism. New York : Simon and Schuster, c1986.
          
   [Per79]
          Perl, William. The Four Front War: From The Holocaust To The
          Promised Land. New York : Crown Publishers, c1979. [About
          illegal immigration]
          

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Subject: Archival and Credits

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   zionism
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          Section 14: Jews and Israel
          
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          Section 15: Churban Europa (The Holocaust)
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Subject: Credits

   This list is based primarily on sources obtained during a course on
   Zionism taught by Dr. Deborah Lipstadt at UCLA, as well as the "70
   books about Israel 70" section in the Third Jewish Catalog. Other
   contributors include A. Engler Anderson, David A Guberman, Gary
   Kulwin, Reuven M. Lerner and Oren Levine. Suggestions for additions or
   deletions are welcome, as are _brief_ annotations for the entries. I'm
   particularly looking for information on the various zionistic
   movements.

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