Are We One? Menachem Begin and the Long Shadow of 1977

Jerold S. Auerbach

1996

American Jews, according to the conventional wisdom, have always been impassioned and faithful in their attachment to Israel. “We are One!” the popular fund-raising slogan, has also served as a description of the historical relationship of American Jews to the Jewish state. […]

But historical reality is more complicated than the myth of unity…

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Jerold S. Auerbach

b. 1936

Jerold Auerbach was born in Philadelphia and grew up in New York City. A professor of history at Wellesley College, Auerbach writes on legal issues, the history of the American Jewish community, freedom of speech, and the history of Israel. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Senior Fulbright Lecturer.

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