A Dream of Zion

Discover what Jewish people in America have to say about Israel-their voices have never mattered more than they do now.

As anti-Israel sentiment spreads around the world-from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to former President Jimmy Carter-it has never been more important for American Jews to share their feelings and thoughts about Israel, and foster a connection to Israel in the next generation of Jewish and Christian adults.

This inspirational book features the insights of top scholars, business leaders, professionals, politicians, authors, artists, and community and religious leaders covering the entire denominational spectrum of Jewish life in America today-and offers an exciting glimpse into the history of Zionism in America with statements from Jews who saw the movement come to life. Presenting a diversity of views, it will encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to think about what Israel means to them and, in particular, help young adults jump start their own lasting, personal relationship with Israel.

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Publisher's Note xv Introduction xxi PART I-IDENTITY & HERITAGE: MY ANCESTRAL HOME REBORN IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF MY IDENTITY 1 PART II-REFUGE: A REFUGE FROM ANTI-SEMITISM, A PLACE OF SAFETY 61 Shulamit Reinharz 63 Abraham H. Foxman 66 Rep. Henry A. Waxman 67 Thane Rosenbaum 69 Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin 71 Senator Russ Feingold 72 Harold Grinspoon 74 Alvin H. Rosenfeld 77 Nat Hentoff 79 Assemblyman Dov Hikind 80 Rabbi David Wolpe 3 Sylvia Barack Fishman 6 Matthew Brooks 9 Samuel Bak 11 Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar 14 David M. Suissa 16 Stephen Joel Trachtenberg 17 Peninnah Schram 20 David Silverstein 22 Rabbi Gordon Tucker 25 Shira Dicker 27 Rabbi David Ellenson 29 George S. Blumenthal 32 Susan Weidman Schneider 35 Howard Schwartz 37 Alan Mittleman 40 Lisa D. Grant 42 Arthur Kurzweil 44 Debbie Friedman 46 Rabbi Alan Silverstein 48 Bethamie Horowitz 51 Wayne L. Firestone 53 Barbara B. Balser 54 James J. Katz 57 Michael Bogdanow 59 PART III-FAITH & COVENANT: A LIVING, VIBRANT PART OF MY RELIGIOUS FAITH 93 PART IV-TIKKUM OLAM: A LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS-HOPES FOR REPAIRING THE WORLD AND DREAMS OF A BETTER WORLD 135 Dr. Marc D. Angel 137 Jonathan D. Sarna 139 Shoshana S. Cardin 142 Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf 144 Danny Siegel 146 Rabbi Sharon Brous 149 Arthur Green 151 Rabbi David A. Teutsch 154 Steven Bayme 155 Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff 158 Aaron Press Taylor 160 Rabbi Avraham Weiss 162 Stanley P. Gold 166 Rabbi Goldie Milgram 168 Ariel Beery 170 Rabbi Stanley M. Davids 174 Steven M. Cohen 176 Rabbi Moshe Waldoks 180 David M. Gordis 182 Rabbi Robert B. Barr 184 Richard Elliott Friedman 186 Rosanne Miller Selfon 188 Elliot Ratzman 191 Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein 193 Peter Edelman 195 Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz 197 Laurie L. Patton 199 Dr. Robert Wexler 201 Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro 202 Lynn Schusterman 95 Ari Spungen Bildner 99 Rabbi Bradley Hirschfield 101 Aryeh Lev Stollman 103 Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis 105 Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin 108 Ari L. Goldman 111 Rabbi Mordecai Finley 113 Peter Himmelman 116 Shara Yurkiewicz 118 Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson 120 Lydia Kukoff 123 Jane Friedman 125 Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz 127 Marshall J. Breger 128 Rabbi Janet R. Marder 130 Stephen M. Flatow 81 Samuel Heilman 83 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz 85 Danny Maseng 87 Michael Walzer 89 PART V-AN AMERICAN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE WORDS OF THE FATHERS AND MOTHERS 205 Emma Lazarus 207 Richard James Horatio Gottheil 209 Rabbi Kauffman Kohler 210 Oscar Solomon Straus 211 Louis D. Brandeis 212 Felix Frankfurter 214 Solomon Schechter 216 Rabbi Milton Steinberg 217 Judah Magnes 219 Rabbi Felix Levy 220 Edward Jacobson 221 Abba Hillel Silver 222 Rabbi Stephen S. Wise 224 Rabbi David Polish 226 Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn 228 Bernard M. Baruch 230 Emanuel Celler 231 Albert Einstein 232 Arthur Hertzberg 233 Morris Abram 236 Daniel J. Elazar 237 Max M. Fisher 238 Lillian Hellman 239 Harpo Marx 239 Abraham Joshua Heschel 240 Joachim Prinz 243 Marie Syrkin 244 Rabbi Joseph Baer Soloveitchik 245 Central Conference of American Rabbis 246 Glossary 252 Suggestions for Further Reading and Sources of Current Information 255 Index of Contributors 258 Credits 261