Encounters with the "Holy Land": Place, Past and Future in American Jewish Culture
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Beth S. Wenger
1998
National Museum of American Jewish History; Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania Library
Three essays illuminate American interpretations of the "holy land" by examining American tourism and travel to pre-state Israel, the representation of the holy land in exhibitions and world fairs, and the symbols and the public culture of American Zionism.