Wednesday, December 29, 2010

JEWISH AMERICA & ISRAEL 1948-1950

David Ben-Gurion insisted that if Zionist America wanted to take part in Israeli policymaking they had to "make Aliyah".  ZOA could afford only to be sympathetic and supportive.  Mass emigration of Jewish America to Israel did not occur because we loved being American.  However, most of the financial support for Israel from the Jewish Diaspora came from Jewish America.

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