{"product_id":"a-jewish-marshall-plan-the-american-jewish-presence-in-post-holocaust-france-hardback-9780253059666","title":"A \"Jewish Marshall Plan\"; The American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France (Hardback) 9780253059666","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA \"Jewish Marshall Plan\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe American Jewish Presence in Post-Holocaust France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaura Hobson Faure (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253059666\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 February 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e370 pages, 16 b\u0026amp;w photos, 3 b\u0026amp;w tables - 16 Halftones, black and white - 3 Tables, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.712 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"Jewish Marshall Plan\" is well written and researched, incorporating new historiographical frameworks and details that deepen the analysis first developed in the original [French] edition. The result is a painstaking examination of American Jewish efforts to influence the reconstruction of Jewish life in France after the Holocaust. Faure examines these processes, which she terms the \"Jewish Marshall Plan,\" with a particular focus on the JDC.\u003c\/p\u003e - Meredith Scott (H-Judaic)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the role the United States played in France's liberation from Nazi Germany is widely celebrated, it is less well known that American Jewish individuals and organizations mobilized to reconstruct Jewish life in France after the Holocaust. In \u003ci\u003eA \"Jewish Marshall Plan\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e Laura Hobson Faure explores how American Jews committed themselves and hundreds of millions of dollars to bring much needed aid to their French coreligionists. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHobson Faure sheds light on American Jewish chaplains, members of the Armed Forces, and those involved with Jewish philanthropic organizations who sought out Jewish survivors and became deeply entangled with the communities they helped to rebuild. While well intentioned, their actions did not always meet the needs and desires of the French Jews. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \"Jewish Marshall Plan\" \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the complex interactions, exchanges, and solidarities created between American and French Jews following the Holocaust. Challenging the assumption that French Jews were passive recipients of aid, this work reveals their work as active partners who negotiated their own role in the reconstruction process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Images\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Before the \"Jewish Marshall Plan\"\u003cbr\u003e2. Jewish Encounters in Liberation France\u003cbr\u003e3. Emerging from Catastrophe\u003cbr\u003e4. Long-term Reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e5. A Political Presence?\u003cbr\u003e6. \"From Charity to Social Work\"\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525363233048,"sku":"9780253059666","price":67.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-jewish-marshall-plan-the-american-jewish-presence-in-post-holocaust-france-hardback-9780253059666","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}