{"product_id":"militant-zionism-in-america-rafael-medoff-9780817353704","title":"Militant Zionism in America: The Rise and Impact of the Jabotinsky Movement in the United States, 1926-1948","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis in-depth look at a controversial faction of American Zionism fills\u003cbr\u003ea void in the story of American Zionism--and in the story of American Judaism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book recounts the fascinating and little-known story\u003cbr\u003eof the militant American Zionists who lobbied Congress, rallied American\u003cbr\u003epublic opinion, and influenced British-American relations in their campaign\u003cbr\u003efor Jewish statehood in the 1930s and 1940s. Although these activists have\u003cbr\u003ebeen dismissed as fanatics who fragmented the American Zionist movement, \u003cbr\u003eRafael Medoff reveals that the faction--which included an Academy Award-winning\u003cbr\u003escreenwriter and several future members of the Israeli parliament--was\u003cbr\u003emore influential than has been previously acknowledged.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese militants stirred America's conscience by placing\u003cbr\u003econtroversial newspaper ads, lobbying conservative as well as liberal members\u003cbr\u003eof Congress, and staging dramatic protest rallies. Through these tactics, \u003cbr\u003eMedoff shows, they attracted a wave of support from an extraordinary cross-section\u003cbr\u003eof leading Americans, including comedians Harpo Marx and Carl Reiner, actors\u003cbr\u003eVincent Price, Marlon Brando, and Jane Wyatt, musician Leonard Bernstein, \u003cbr\u003eand rising young politicians Jacob Javits and Hubert Humphrey. Medoff also\u003cbr\u003edescribes the shadowy underground division that smuggled weapons to the\u003cbr\u003eHoly Land in caskets, naming and interviewing for the first time members\u003cbr\u003eof this gunrunning network.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of archival research and interviews and\u003cbr\u003ewritten in a compelling style, \u003ci\u003eMilitant Zionism in America\u003c\/i\u003e documents\u003cbr\u003eevents that reshaped the American Jewish community, influenced American\u003cbr\u003eforeign policy, and contributed to one of the most extraordinary events\u003cbr\u003eof modern history: the creation of the State of Israel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRafael Medoff is a Visiting Scholar at the State University of New York -- Purchase College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rafael Medoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817353704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817353704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 5.94w x 0.74d","brand":"Rafael Medoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086959718655,"sku":"9780817353704","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_108ae80d-914c-43b6-b2cc-6a61fb8849d1.jpg?v=1769097489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/militant-zionism-in-america-rafael-medoff-9780817353704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}