Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel

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Trouble in the Tribe explores the increasingly contentious place of Israel in the American Jewish community. In a fundamental shift, growing numbers of American Jews have become less willing to unquestioningly support Israel and more willing to publicly criticize its government. More than ever before, American Jews are arguing about Israeli policie

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"A meticulous, precise, well-organized survey that takes into account the many different views and will certainly facilitate the heated conversation."--Kirkus (Starred Review) "A valuable road map to an ongoing and very important conflict."--Murray Polner, History News Network "As a primer on the American Jewish machloket (argument) over Israel, Trouble in the Tribe is extremely useful. Its data is copious ... its charts are handy; its perspective mostly balanced... It is an excellent guide for the perplexed."--Jay Michaelson, Moment Magazine "As Waxman convincingly demonstrates in this valuable and important book, the very thing that once united the American Jewish community--Israel--now is the thing that divides us most of all."--Moti Rieber, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle "Brave and unsettling."--Jonathan Kirsch, Jewish Journal "[A] detailed and meticulously balanced account... Both Waxman's complex picture of American Jewry and the plea for--critical engagement--emerging from it deserve our serious consideration."--William Kolbrener, Times Higher Education "An accessible, readable introduction to the topic."--Choice "Gently insightful, richly documented, clearly presented, and illuminatingly broad."--Ari Y. Kelman, Middle East Journal "Waxman deserves plaudits for tackling an important and very timely subject that has heretofore been ignored by the scholarly literature on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He analyzes a complicated and contentious topic with rare objectivity, ample research and calm reasoning. Trouble in the Tribe is an indispensable volume for anyone seeking to understand why American Jews quarrel over Israel and why such fraternal infighting will further complicate the quest for a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."--Michael Rubner, Middle East Policy

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Dov Waxman is professor of political science, international affairs, and Israel studies at Northeastern University. He is the author of The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity and the coauthor of Israel's Palestinians: The Conflict Within. He lives in Boston.