I appreciate the reference, but after a lifetime in the States I've ingested enough Zionism through simple osmosis to last a lifetime without reading one more historical accounting of it.
I was surprised to discover that Jews comprise less than 3% of the American population, in seeming contradiction to the pivotal role that Israel is presented as occupying in the national political zeitgeist. I had assumed that number to be much higher, until I realized that politicians respond more to donations than to populations, combined with the fact that far from all Zionists are Jewish, while, contrary to the propaganda, not all Jews are Zionists.
That this topic represents a political third rail is reason enough to tear into it; justice, in its truest form, another.
I appreciate the reference, but after a lifetime in the States I've ingested enough Zionism through simple osmosis to last a lifetime without reading one more historical accounting of it.
I was surprised to discover that Jews comprise less than 3% of the American population, in seeming contradiction to the pivotal role that Israel is presented as occupying in the national political zeitgeist. I had assumed that number to be much higher, until I realized that politicians respond more to donations than to populations, combined with the fact that far from all Zionists are Jewish, while, contrary to the propaganda, not all Jews are Zionists.
That this topic represents a political third rail is reason enough to tear into it; justice, in its truest form, another.