Solidarity as an Emotion
American Jews and Israel in 1948
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22130910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Penslar (0000-0001-5327-2921, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-51 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2397-1851 • E-ISSN: 2515-0456 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/mah.2022.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4220987740 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
American Jewish support for Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War was in part the result of an emotional mobilization. American Jewish fundraisers constructed an extensive public-relations apparatus and formulated strategies for honoring supporters and shaming shirkers. They, along with journalists for the Jewish press, interpreted events through the lens of information provided by the newly formed Israeli government. Fundraising, however, could succeed only by responding to donors’ emotional proclivities, and expressions of solidarity with Israel in Jewish media were laterally reinforcing as well as shaped from the top down. These findings underscore the role of positive emotions in generating “groupness.”
Judaism · Mobilization · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Emotional Labor in Professions · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |