1 While there is no documentation, there are several indications that David Ben-Gurion played a role in the writing of the book. According to historian Aviva Halamish, Ben-Gurion, wrote to Uris and complemented him on his important book. He also asked him to write a similar book on the capture of Eichmann. Uris refused (Halamish 2004).
2 Brandeis, a distinguished U.S. Supreme Court justice, typically linked the Zionist vision with the American ideals of democracy, justice and freedom. U.S.
3 Before the 1970s hardly any Jews were visible on American television, with the exception of The Goldbergs, a 1950s series about a Jewish working-class family living in an ethnic Bronx neighborhood.
4 The trend was, of course, best exemplified by Jerry Seinfield’s Seinfeld.
5 Those wars were looked upon as continuations of the Holocaust, and American Jews felt a need to act, in contrast to their relatively minimal involvement during the Holocaust. Efforts to strengthen Israel were regarded as a correction and as a response to existential threat and to anti-Jewish oppression.
Article Library / Annual Assessment
2018 Annual Assessment
- Foreword
- PART 1: Suggested Policy Directions, Integrated Net Assessment
- PART 2: Dimensions of Jewish Well-Being
- Geopolitics
- Navigating Stormy Geopolitical Arenas
- Introduction
- The International System: U.S. status and performance and the implications for Israeli strategic resilience
- The Regional System: threats and opportunities
- Iran
- Hezbollah
- Syria
- ISIS
- Saudi Arabia
- Egypt
- Jordan
- Turkey
- The Palestinian Arena
- The “Ultimate Deal”
- Hamas
- The Jerusalem-Washington-American Jewry Triangle
- The American Side of the Triangle
- The Triangle’s Jewish Side
- Summary
- Endnotes
- Anti-Semitism after 70 Years of Sovereignty
- Concern in Europe, Enmity in Muslim World and Vigilance in the United States
- The New Polish Law and the Awakening of National Identity in East Central Europe
- The Israeli Response
- Anti-Semitism in the United States
- Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Anti-Semitism Index The Need for an Integrated Index
- Recommendations to the Government of Israel Regarding Future Attempts in Eastern Europe to Pass Legislation that Disavows Complicity with Nazi Germany During the Holocaust
- Endnotes
- Israel’s Long Road to Asia
- Navigating Stormy Geopolitical Arenas
- Demography
- Bonds Within and Between Communities
- Identity and Identification
- Material Resources
- People of the Book
- Geopolitics
- Part 3: Featured Articles
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