Background
Kolsky, Thomas A. was born on May 23, 1942 in Buzuluk, Russia. Son of Milos and Edith Kolsky.
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Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948 by Thomas Kolsky (1992-11-04)
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Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948
( This is the first full-scale history of the only organ...)
This is the first full-scale history of the only organized American Jewish opposition to Zionism during the 1940s. Despite extensive literature on the Zionist movement, the Jewish opposition to Zionism has received only marginal and usually negative attention. In this impartial study, Thomas A. Kolsky examines the neglected phenomenon of Jewish anti-Zionism, its roots, and its results. In 1942, a number of dissident Reform rabbis founded the American Council for Judaism, the first and only Jewish organization created to fight against Zionism and the establishment of a Jewish state. Emphasizing the purely religious nature of Judaism and unequivocally rejecting Jewish nationalism, the Council supported free Jewish immigration and equal rights for Jews throughout the world. For Palestine, specifically, it advocated establishment of a democratic state wherein all citizens, regardless of their religion, would enjoy equal political rights. Summarizing both the history of Zionism and the history of American Jews, Kolsky traces the effects of the Holocaust on the Zionist movement and the personalities that shaped the leadership of the Council. Its position toward Zionism has particular contemporary relevance in understanding the historical relationship between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Thomas A. Kolsky
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Education
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1965; Master of Arts, U. Hawaii, 1967; Master of Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, Washington, 1986.
Career
Teacher, Bishop Conwell High School, Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1970; adjunct instructor history, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, New Jersey, 1970; adjunct instructor political science, Trenton State College, 1971; professor of history and political science, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, since 1971. Adjunct Professor Temple University, Ambler, since 1990.
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Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948
( This is the first full-scale history of the only organ...)
- Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948 by Thomas Kolsky (1992-11-04)
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Jews Against Zionism: The American Council for Judaism, 1942-1948
Membership
Member American History Association, American Jewish History Society, Middle East Institute.
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1 child, Amy Daliah.
