This completely revised second edition of the best-selling text presents an up-to-date,
comprehensive introduction to persuasive communication and attitude change. Employing …

Since 1999 hundreds of thousands of young American Jews have visited Israel on an all-
expense-paid 10-day pilgrimage-tour known as Birthright Israel. The most elaborate of the …

Less-developed countries are typically poorly integrated into the global economy. In
general, they benefit less than others from the comparative advantages that come with …

The study of diaspora policies in political science, international relations, and political
geography has moved away from conceiving diasporas as bounded entities to …

In The New American Zionism, Theodore Sasson challenges the conventional view of
waning American Jewish support for Israel. Instead, he shows that we are in the midst of a …

Unlike its occasional mentions in the media and public discourse, demography is not a
problem, a demon, a ghost, or voodoo. demography is a fundamental existential process …

In recent years, the literature on diaspora politics has focused primarily on why and when
migrant or ethno-religious groups adopt a diasporic stance and mobilise on behalf of their …

In recent years, social scientists have claimed that American Jews, in particular in the
younger generation, have grown more distant from Israel. This paper draws on evidence …

The article examines the attitudes of young adult American Jews towards Israel and their
views about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Drawing on the Pew Research Center's 2013 …

From family trees written in early American bibles to birther conspiracy theories, genealogy
has always mattered in the United States, whether for taking stock of kin when organizing a …