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How Americans Were Taught to Understand Israel

Leon Uris's bestselling book "Exodus" portrayed the founding of the state of Israel in terms many Americans could relate to.

by Amy Kaplan, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on August 29, 2020

Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance

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John Kennedy and David Ben-Gurion, 1961.

The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism

Amy Kaplan’s new book examines the pioneering cultural myths that have tied Israel and the United States together.

by Rashid Khalidi via The Nation on June 3, 2019

A man crying amidst the ruins of his house after a bombing.

Moving Towards Life

Exploring the correspondence of June Jordan and Audre Lorde, Marina Magloire assembles an archive of a Black feminist falling-out over Zionism.

by Marina Magloire via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 7, 2024

Donald Trump giving a State of the Union address.

American Uses and Misuses of the Holocaust

Wielding Holocaust memory to make America look good is an American tradition.

by Mari Cohen via Jewish Currents on February 8, 2019

Prince Wichaichan, also known as Prince George Washington

George Washington at the Siamese Court

Keen to appear outward-looking and open to Western culture, in 1838 the Second King of Siam bestowed upon his son a most unusual name.

by Ross Bullen via The Public Domain Review on April 21, 2016

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