Encounters With the "Holy Land": Place, Past and Future in American Jewish Culture

by Pa.) National Museum of American Jewish History (Philadelphia, Jeffrey Shandler (Editor)

Three essays illuminate American interpretations of the "holy land" by examining American tourism and travel to pre-state Israel, the representation of the holy land in exhibitions and world fairs, and the symbols and the public culture of American Zionism.

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1998