English Zionists and British Jews: The Communal Politics of Anglo-Jewry, 1896-1920

350 Pages·1982·1.09 MB·English

by  Stuart A. Cohen

ENGLISH ZIONISTS AND BRITISH JEWS

ENGLISH Z I O N I S T S
A N D B R I T I S H J E W S
The Communal Politics of
Anglo-Jewry, 1895º920
STUART A. COHEN
Princeton University Press
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PROVERBS 31:28-29

Contents
Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 3
PART ONE: Opening Moves,1 895-1904
1. The Foundation oft he EnglishZ ionist Federation,1 895-
1899 25
2. The English Zionist Federation andC ommunal Strategy,
1899-1904 47
PART TWO: The Politics of Zionism, 1904-1914
3. Storm over EastA frica and Stress withint he EnglishZ ionist
Federation,1 904-1914 79
4. The Zionistsa nd CommunaPl olitics, 1904-1914 124
PART THREE: Anti-Zionism in Theory andP ractice
5. Versions of the Past,V isions of the Future 155
6. Zionists andA nti-Zionists, 1914-1917 215
PART FOUR: Zionism and the Politics of Anglo-Jewry, 1914-1920
7. Anglo-Jewry andZ ionism, 1914-1917 243
8. English Zionists andB ritish Jews,1 917-1920 277
Conclusions 314
Bibliography 325
Index 341

Illustrations
Between pages 32-33
1. Handbill advertising Herzl's first public appearancLeo innd on, 1896.
Courtesy of Mr. A. SchischaLondon.
1
2. Col. A.E.W. Goldsmid (c. 1900). Courtesy of CentraZl ionist Ar­
chives, Jerusalem.
3. Herzl with delegatesto the first EnglishZ ionist Federation Confer­
ence, London, June 1899. Courtesyo f Central Zionist Archives,
Jerusalem.
4. Israel and Edith Zangwill (1905). Courtesy of Central Zionist Ar­
chives, Jerusalem.
Between pages 96-97
5. Title page of HermannA dler's sermon," Religious versus Political
Zionism" (1898). Courtesy of Mr. A. Schischa,L ondon.
6. Herbert Bentwich( c. 1925). Courtesy ofC entral Zionist Archives,
Jerusalem.
7. Hakham Moses Gaster (1898). Courtesy of CenZtriaoln ist Archives,
Jerusalem.
8. Leopold Greenberg( 1910). Courtesy of Central Zionist Archives,
Jerusalem.
9. Jacob deH aas (1898). Courtesyo f Central Zionist Archives, Jeru­
salem.
10. Sir Francis Montefiore (c. 1905). Courtesy of Central Zionist Ar­
chives, Jerusalem.
11. Lucien Wolf caricaturedi n the Daily Graphic, 1904. Courtesy of
Central ZionistA rchives, Jerusalem.
12. Delegatest o the English Zionist FederationC onference,L ondon,
1920. Courtesyo f Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem.