From New Zion to Old Zion American Jewish Immigration and Settlement in Palestine, 1917-1939

• Main Author: Glass, Joseph B. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Wayne State University Press 2018
• Subjects: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social groups: religious groups & communities
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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 Jewr...