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- Title
AMERICAN JEWRY AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL: HOW INTENSE THE BONDS OF PEOPLEHOOD?
- Authors
Bayme, Steven
- Abstract
American Jewish leadership initially ambivalent about the creation of a Jewish state, quickly formed a pro-Israeli consensus within the Jewish community. The 1950 Ben-Gurion-Blaustein Agreement effectively removed many of the irritants in American Jewish-Israeli relations such as dual loyalty, negation of the Diaspora, and who may speak on behalf of the Jewish people. In turn, American Jewish leadership helped frame the ongoing special relationship between Washington and Jerusalem, especially since 1967. Although tensions remain in relations between Israel and American Jewry, particularly over issues of personal status and religious pluralism, the pro-Israeli consensus has generally held firm over a sixty-year period.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; UNITED States; AMERICAN Jews; JEWISH diaspora; RELIGIOUS diversity; LOYALTY
- Publication
Jewish Political Studies Review, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 1/2, p7
- ISSN
0792-335X
- Publication type
Article