{"product_id":"9780817313487","title":"Militant Zionism in America: The Rise and Impact of the Jabotinsky Movement in the United States, 1926-1948","description":"This in-depth look at a controversial faction of American Zionism fills\u003cbr\u003e a void in the story of American Zionism--and in the story of American Judaism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book recounts the fascinating and little-known story\u003cbr\u003e of the militant American Zionists who lobbied Congress, rallied American\u003cbr\u003e public opinion, and influenced British-American relations in their campaign\u003cbr\u003e for Jewish statehood in the 1930s and 1940s. Although these activists have\u003cbr\u003e been dismissed as fanatics who fragmented the American Zionist movement,\u003cbr\u003e Rafael Medoff reveals that the faction--which included an Academy Award-winning\u003cbr\u003e screenwriter and several future members of the Israeli parliament--was\u003cbr\u003e more influential than has been previously acknowledged.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These militants stirred America's conscience by placing\u003cbr\u003e controversial newspaper ads, lobbying conservative as well as liberal members\u003cbr\u003e of Congress, and staging dramatic protest rallies. Through these tactics,\u003cbr\u003e Medoff shows, they attracted a wave of support from an extraordinary cross-section\u003cbr\u003e of leading Americans, including comedians Harpo Marx and Carl Reiner, actors\u003cbr\u003e Vincent Price, Marlon Brando, and Jane Wyatt, musician Leonard Bernstein,\u003cbr\u003e and rising young politicians Jacob Javits and Hubert Humphrey. Medoff also\u003cbr\u003e describes the shadowy underground division that smuggled weapons to the\u003cbr\u003e Holy Land in caskets, naming and interviewing for the first time members\u003cbr\u003e of this gunrunning network.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Based on years of archival research and interviews and\u003cbr\u003e written in a compelling style, \u003ci\u003eMilitant Zionism in America\u003c\/i\u003e documents\u003cbr\u003e events that reshaped the American Jewish community, influenced American\u003cbr\u003e foreign policy, and contributed to one of the most extraordinary events\u003cbr\u003e of modern history: the creation of the State of Israel.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rafael Medoff is a Visiting Scholar at the State University of New York -- Purchase College.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124009582832,"sku":"9780817313487","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780817313487_p0.jpg?v=1763749807","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780817313487","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}