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Amy Kaplan

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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

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

Ross Bullen explores the curious case of Prince George Washington, a 19th-century Siamese prince.

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

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