Ben-Gurion and Jabotinsky (2017)

Contributor(s): Rachel Fish, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Topics(s): Academia, History, Zionism and Nationalisms
Date: August 9, 2017

Essential Readings

Arthur Hertzberg’s The Zionist Idea, David Ben-Gurion “The Imperatives of the Jewish Revolution” pp.605-619

Colin Shindler’s The Rise of the Israeli Right: From Odessa to Hebron. “An Army of Jews” pp. 50-109.

Shlomo Avineri’s The Making of Modern Zionism. “Ben-Gurion: The Vision and the Power,” pp. 198-216.

Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s “The Iron Wall”

Recommended Readings

Essential Israel: Essays for the 21^st Century. Ed. Ilan Troen and Rachel Fish. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2017.

The Zionist Ideology. Gideon Shimoni. Hanover: Brandeis University Press, 1995.

Zionism and the Fin de Siecle: Cosmpolitanism and Nationalism from Nordau to Jabotinsky. Michael Stanislawski. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001.

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