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From New Zion to Old Zion

American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939

Joseph B. Glass

Jewish Life and Tradition

Paperback
Published: February 2018
ISBN: 9780814344231
Pages: 432 Size: 6 x 9
Illustrations: 52 b&w illus.
$21.99
Ebook
Published: February 2018
ISBN: 9780814344224
Pages: 432 Size: EPUB
Illustrations: 52 b&w illus.
$3.99

American Aliyah (immigration to Palestine) began in the mid-nineteenth century fueled by the desire of American Jews to study Torah and by their wish to live and be buried in the Holy Land. His movement of people-men and women-increased between World War I and II, in direct contrast to European Jewry’s desire to immigrate to the United States. Why would American Jews want to leave America, and what characterized their resettlement? From New Zion to Old Zion analyzes the migration of American Jews to Palestine between the two world wars and explores the contribution of these settlers to the building of Palestine.

From New Zion to Old Zion draws upon international archival correspondence, newspapers, maps, photographs, interviews, and fieldwork to provide students and scholars of immigration and settlement processes, the Yishuv (Jewish community in Palestine), and America-Holy Land studies a well-researched portrait of Aliyah.

Joseph B. Glass is a researcher and academic coordinator at the Halbert Centre for Canadian Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is co-author with Ruth Kark of Sephardi Entrepreneurs in Eretz Israel, the Amzalak Family, 1816 – 1918.