Jewish Socialists in the United States - The Cahan Debate, 1925-1926 (Hardcover)

This volume presents the personal account of Abe Cahan's visit to Palestine in 1925. The trip, by the former editor of the Jewish newspaper "Forward" was undertaken in order to come to terms with the problem of Jewish mass migration from East Europe. The book is divided into two parts. Part One describes the situation in the 1920's and the peculiar "immigration triangle" that existed between East Europe, the United States and Palestine with respect to the tensions between differing ideologies in the context of Jewish identity and striving in the different cultures. Part Two is a translation from Yiddish of the important elements of the debate between the two opposing parts of the Jewish labour movement - those who supported the Zionist ideal and its potential in Palestine, and those who adopted a hostile attitude.