City on a Hilltop

American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement

Sara Yael Hirschhorn

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$42.00 • £33.95 • €38.00

ISBN 9780674975057

Publication Date: 05/22/2017

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368 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

9 halftones, 2 maps

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Introduction
1. From Moment to Movement: Jewish-American Immigration to the Occupied Territories
2. City of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of Garin Yamit
3. Redemption in Occupied Suburbia? Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and the West Bank Settlement of Efrat
4. Turn Left at the End of the World: Garin Lev Zion and the Origins of Tekoa
5. Scripture and Sound Bite: American-Israeli Settlers from Public Relations to Public Enemy
Conclusion
Appendix
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

2018 Choice Award, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute

Finalist, 2017 Celebrate 350 Award for American Jewish Studies, National Jewish Book Awards, Jewish Book Council

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