Singing the land Hebrew music and early Zionism in America

Singing the Land: Hebrew Music and Early Zionism in America examines the proliferation and use of popular Hebrew Zionist music amongst American Jewry during the first half of the twentieth century. This music--one part in a greater process of instilling diasporic Zionism in American Jewish communiti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sperling, Eli
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2024©2024, 2024
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Stephen S. Wise, The Jewish Institute of Religion, Abraham Wolf Binder, and New Palestinean folk songs in America
  • Solomon Schechter, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Goldfarbs, and Harry Coopersmith
  • Mordechai and Judith Kaplan, Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, and Moshe Nathanson : voices of Palestine
  • The Jewish National Fund : land purchases in Palestine, fundraising in America, and Hebrew music