Checkbook Zionism - Eric Fleisch

Checkbook Zionism

Philanthropy and Power in the Israel-Diaspora Relationship

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
250 Seiten
2024
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-1995-5 (ISBN)
154,60 inkl. MwSt
American Jews donate approximately $2.5 billion to Israel each year. Behind all that money and influence lies a power-sharing dynamic that has left an indelible mark on the direction of Israeli society to this day. This book investigates how both parties have managed their interests, emotions, and attitudes about the collaboration between them.
American Jews donate approximately $2.5 billion to Israel each year. Behind all that money and influence lies a power-sharing dynamic that has left an indelible mark on the relationship between Israeli and American Jews and on the direction of Israeli society to this day. Checkbook Zionism investigates how both parties have managed their interests, emotions, and attitudes about the important yet at times tense collaboration between them.

By delving into the history of American Jews’ philanthropic giving to Israelis, Fleisch assesses the core nature of power sharing between both sides of the Jewish diaspora to the United States through in-depth contemporary case studies of the relationship between sixteen non-governmental organizations and their American Jewish donors. Field observation, document analysis, and interviews with leaders, activists, and select donors alike serve a critical role here, as Fleisch assesses whether these contemporary philanthropic associations repeat classic dynamics of power-sharing or whether they represent a marked departure from the Checkbook Zionism of old. The result is a new paradigm for evaluating power sharing that can be applied to future considerations of development in the Israel-Diaspora relationship. 

 

ERIC FLEISCH is an assistant professor in Jewish studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he teaches Jewish history, Zionism, and Middle East studies.   

Abbreviations


Introduction 


PART I

The Rise and Fall of Checkbook Zionism


1 The Mechanics of Checkbook Zionism

2 The Culture of Checkbook Zionism

3 The Decline of Checkbook Zionism

PART II

Power Sharing in the Contemporary Era


4 An Introduction to the Study of Contemporary Relationship Dynamics

5 Prospects for a New Era of Partnership?

6 Power Sharing in the Twenty-First Century in Direct Giving Arrangements

7 Power Sharing in the Twenty-First Century in New Federated Arrangements

Conclusion


Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 13 B-W images, 1 table
Verlagsort New Brunswick NJ
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 458 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-9788-1995-1 / 1978819951
ISBN-13 978-1-9788-1995-5 / 9781978819955
Zustand Neuware
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