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100 1  Shiff, Ofer.
245 14 The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel / |cOfer Shiff.
250    First edition.
264  1 Syracuse, New York : |bSyracuse University Press, |c[2014]
300    289 pages ; |c24 cm.
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
490 1  Modern Jewish history
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284) and index.
505 0  I. The Early 1950s. 1. The Bridge's and Wall's approach -- 2. The American century in the wake of the Holocaust -- 3. Where Judaism differed: a call for external and internal reform -- II. In Retrospect: Silver's pre-State Zionist career. 4. Silver's early struggle against anti-Semitism and Nazism -- 5. The 1940s: the Holocaust as political leverage -- 6. 1947-1948: an American-Jewish or a pan-Jewish leader? -- III. Israel becomes an ideological and political challenge. 7. In the wake of Israeli statehood -- 8. Identification without subordination -- 9. The attempt to regain status in the wake of Eisenhower's election -- 10. A recurrent existential threat to the Jews -- 11. Unequivocal support for Israel during the Suez crisis -- Epilogue. Reform Jewish prophet or Zionist leader? 12. Silver as a progressive visionary -- 13. Nonetheless, a Zionist leader.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Silver, Abba Hillel, |d1893-1963.
650  0 Rabbis |zOhio |zCleveland |vBiography.
650  0 Zionists |zUnited States |vBiography.
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
830  0 Modern Jewish history.
852 0   |bstacks |hBM755.S544 |iS55 2014