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Vladimir Jabotinsky

Join our community on Facebook | Join our mailing list  Daniel Heller joins us in this episode of Jewish History Matters to discuss his book Jabotinsky’s Children: Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism and the big issues it brings up: The rise of the Revisionist Zionist movement in interwar Europe and its relationship with right-wing politics and fascism; Jabotinsky and his ideological and political legacy, particularly in Israel; the importance of youth and youth movements in the history of Zionism and politics broadly speaking; the history of fascism and how it relates to the present; and the implications of studying the history of politics for understanding our own world. Read the introduction to Jabotinsky’s ChildrenPurchase Jabotinsky’s Children on Amazon Jabotinsky’s Children traces the development of Vladimir Jabotinsky’s breakaway party within the Zionist movement, the Revisionists, founded in 1925; the book also reconstructs the Revisionist youth movement Betar and its culture. By focusing on Poland, Daniel Heller demonstrates how a great swell of right-wing Jewish politics in the interwar period was related to the political and cultural developments of the time. He argues that, in a way, we are somewhat blinded by the rise of Nazi Germany—it makes us assume that Jews would always find right-wing and fascist politics, given that it ultimately led towards the Holocaust. But the Revisionist movement and Betar took their cues from the authoritarian and fascist movements of this era. At the same time, he points out how Betar leaders actively participated in Polish nationalism, indicating some of the ways in which Diaspora cultures and the effort to build a state in Palestine were not always in conflict with one another. Daniel Heller is assistant professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University, and an associate member of the Department of History and Classical Studies there. Links to some other books, articles, and topics mentioned in our conversation: Vladimir JabotinskyBetar youth movementYosef TrumpeldorRevisionist MovementNorman Podhoretz, Why Are Jews Liberals?Agudas YisroelPhilipp Nielsen, “„Blut und Boden.“ Jüdische Deutsche zwischen Heimat und Deutschtum, 1892 –1936” (“Blood and Land”: Jewish Germans Between Homeland and Germanium, 1892–1936)  Also see: Hans-Joachim Schoeps  Nir Kedar, “Ben-Gurion’s Mamlakhtiyut : Etymological and Theoretical Roots,” Israel Studies 7, no. 3 (2002): 117-133Paul Brykczyński, Primed for Violence: Murder, Antisemitism, and Democratic Politics in Interwar PolandCelia S. Heller, On the Edge of Destruction: Jews of Poland between the Two World Wars (no relation to Daniel Heller)

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishHistoryMatters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join our community on Facebook</a> | <a href="https://www.jewishhistory.fm/join-our-mailing-list/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join our mailing list</a> <a href="https://i1.wp.com/www.jewishhistory.fm/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/9780691174754_1.png?ssl=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Daniel Heller joins us in this episode of Jewish History Matters to discuss his book <a href="https://amzn.to/2JtCfLP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jabotinsky’s Children: Polish Jews and the Rise of Right-Wing Zionism </a>and the big issues it brings up: The rise of the Revisionist Zionist movement in interwar Europe and its relationship with right-wing politics and fascism; Jabotinsky and his ideological and political legacy, particularly in Israel; the importance of youth and youth movements in the history of Zionism and politics broadly speaking; the history of fascism and how it relates to the present; and the implications of studying the history of politics for understanding our own world. <ul><li><a href="http://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/i11134.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the introduction to Jabotinsky’s Children</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2JtCfLP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase Jabotinsky’s Children on Amazon</a></li></ul> Jabotinsky’s Children traces the development of Vladimir Jabotinsky’s breakaway party within the Zionist movement, the Revisionists, founded in 1925; the book also reconstructs the Revisionist youth movement Betar and its culture. By focusing on Poland, Daniel Heller demonstrates how a great swell of right-wing Jewish politics in the interwar period was related to the political and cultural developments of the time. He argues that, in a way, we are somewhat blinded by the rise of Nazi Germany—it makes us assume that Jews would always find right-wing and fascist politics, given that it ultimately led towards the Holocaust. But the Revisionist movement and Betar took their cues from the authoritarian and fascist movements of this era. At the same time, he points out how Betar leaders actively participated in Polish nationalism, indicating some of the ways in which Diaspora cultures and the effort to build a state in Palestine were not always in conflict with one another. Daniel Heller is assistant professor in the Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University, and an associate member of the Department of History and Classical Studies there. Links to some other books, articles, and topics mentioned in our conversation: <ul><li><a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Jabotinsky_Vladimir" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vladimir Jabotinsky</a></li><li><a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Betar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Betar youth movement</a></li><li><a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Trumpeldor_Yosef" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yosef Trumpeldor</a></li><li><a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Revisionist_Zionists" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Revisionist Movement</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2KdEFzh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Norman Podhoretz, Why Are Jews Liberals?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Agudas_Yisroel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agudas Yisroel</a></li><li><a href="https://www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/abs/10.13109/gege.2013.39.1.35" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philipp Nielsen, “„Blut und Boden.“ Jüdische Deutsche zwischen Heimat und Deutschtum, 1892 –1936” (“Blood and Land”: Jewish Germans Between Homeland and Germanium, 1892–1936)</a> <ul> <li>Also see: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Schoeps" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hans-Joachim Schoeps</a></li> </ul> </li><li><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/40296/summary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nir Kedar, “Ben-Gurion’s Mamlakhtiyut : Etymological and Theoretical Roots,” Israel Studies 7, no. 3 (2002): 117-133</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2JoBxQ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Brykczyński, Primed for Violence: Murder, Antisemitism, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/2HyU8bw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celia S. Heller, On the Edge of Destruction: Jews of Poland between the Two World Wars</a> (no relation to Daniel Heller)</li></ul>

9: Vladimir Jabotinsky and Right-Wing Zionism with Daniel Kupfert Heller