YIVO Presents: Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949

(New York, NY) – On Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 1:00pm (ET), the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research presents Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949. This book talk will take place online and will feature the book’s author, Jeffrey Herf, in conversation with YIVO's Executive Director Jonathan Brent.

Drawing on new research in government, public and private archives, Israel's Moment explores the political realities that underpinned support for and opposition to Zionist aspirations in Palestine in the wake of the Holocaust and during the onset of the Cold War. Herf examines the role of the United States, the Arab States, the Palestine Arabs, the Zionists, and key European governments from Britain and France to the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Poland. His findings reveal a spectrum of support and opposition that stood in sharp contrast to the political coordinates that emerged during the Cold War, shedding new light on how and why the state of Israel was established in 1948. They also challenge conventional associations of left and right, imperialism and anti-imperialism, and racism and anti-racism.

Program:      Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949
When:            Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 1:00pm (ET)
Where:          On Zoom
Reservations Available at:  yivo.org/Israels-Moment
Cost:               Free

For more information contact:
Alex Weiser
Director of Public Programs

YIVO

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