- Summary
- "This book examines the separation between Western Jewish advocacy organizations and international human rights after the creation of Israel. For nearly a century, Jewish lawyers and advocacy groups in Western Europe and the United States pioneered forms of international rights protection, tying the defense of Jews to norms and rules that aspired to curb the worst behavior of rapacious nation-states. In the wake of the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel, however, Jewish activists discovered they could no longer promote the same norms, laws and innovations without fear they could soon apply to the Jewish state. Bringing to light previously unexamined sources, this book examines the transformation of Jewish internationalism from an effort to constrain the power of nation-states to one focused on cementing Israel's legitimacy and its status as a haven for refugees from across the Jewish diaspora. In a series of chronological and thematic chapters that stretch across the broad scope of the Jewish world between the 1940s and 1980s, this study brings to light the tensions that eroded and eventually ended a longstanding alliance"--Provided by the publisher.
- Series
- Human rights in history
Human rights in history.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Kurz, Nathan A., 1983- author.
- Published
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
©2021
- Locale
- Israel
Israël
- Contents
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Machine generated contents note: 1."Individual Rights Were Not Enough for True Freedom"
2.Who Will Tame the Will to Defy Humanity?
3.The Consequences of 1948
4.Exit from North Africa
5.From Antisemitism to "Zionism Is Racism"
6.The Inadequacy of Madison Avenue Methods
7."Good Words Have Become the Servants of Evil Masters".
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1."Individual Rights Were Not Enough for True Freedom" -- 2.Who Will Tame the Will to Defy Humanity? -- 3.The Consequences of 1948 -- 4.Exit from North Africa -- 5.From Antisemitism to "Zionism Is Racism" -- 6.The Inadequacy of Madison Avenue Methods -- 7."Good Words Have Become the Servants of Evil Masters".
