
Print to Fit
The New York Times, Zionism and Israel (1896-2016)
Jerold S. Auerbach(Author)
Academic Studies Press
Published on 27. February 2019
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-1-61811-897-4 (ISBN)
Description
After Adolph Ochs purchased The New York Times in 1896, Zionism and the eventual reality of the State of Israel were framed within his guiding principle, embraced by his Sulzberger family successor, that Judaism is a religion and not a national identity. Apprehensive lest the loyalty of American Jews to the United States be undermined by the existence of a Jewish state, they embraced an anti-Zionist critique that remained embedded in its editorials, on the Opinion page and in its news coverage. Through the examination of evidence drawn from its own pages, this book analyzes how all the news "fit to print" became news that fit the Times' discomfort with the idea, and since 1948 the reality, of a thriving democratic Jewish state in the historic homeland of the Jewish people.
Reviews / Votes
"Auerbach subjects the New York Times to a meticulouslyresearched analysis of its attitude over the years 1896 to 2016 towards Zionism
and Israel. ... Print to Fit leads the reader through Israel's story along
an unfamiliar route. The New York Times is one of the world's leading
newspapers. It is regarded as a 'journal of record.' For more than 120 years it
has been shaping American opinion. Jerold S Auerbach argues convincingly that,
as far as Zionism and Israel are concerned, the paper has consistently been far
from objective in its editorial policy, has fallen short of its own high
standards, and has consequently failed in its journalistic obligations to the
public." -Neville Teller, The Jerusalem Report -- Neville Teller * The Jerusalem Report * "Jerold Auerbach's archly titled new study Print to Fit:
The New York Times, Zionism and Israel, 1896-2016 is a well-researched and,
for the most part, damning brief of the Times's news coverage and editorial
attitudes toward Zionism and Israel for over a century. ... Print to Fit
was written well before the Jew-dog cartoon scandal, but it does answer the
question about it with which this review began: How could such an image make it
to the pages of an edition of the New York Times?" -Deborah E. Lipstadt,
the Jewish Review of Books * Jewish Review of Books * "There is no denying the basic truth of Jerold Auerbach's book, which is that the Times has had a fundamental antagonism to Zionism and to Israel from its beginning until this day. His title says it all: instead of printing all the news that is fit to print-as it says so proudly on its front page every day-the Times has often printed the news that fits its ideology." -Jack Reimer, The Jewish Advocate
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Language
English
Place of publication
Brighton
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
649 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61811-897-4 (9781618118974)
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Jerold S. Auerbach is author of eleven books, including a New York Times Noteworthy Book (1976), and articles in Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, and The New York Times. A Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Lecturer at Tel Aviv University, he is Professor Emeritus of History at Wellesley College.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: Patriotic Loyalty 1896-1927
Chapter 2: The Zionist Menace 1928-1939
Chapter 3: Denial and Discomfort 1933-1948
Chapter 4: Democratic Allies 1949-1957
Chapter 5: Conquest and Occupation 1960-1979
Chapter 6: Arabs and Jews 1979-1984
Chapter 7: Moral Equivalence 1984-1988
Chapter 8: Occupation Cruelty 1988-1989
Chapter 9: Illusions of Peace 1990-1996
Chapter 10: Realities of Conflict 1996-2001
Chapter 11: Blame Israel First 2002-2006
Chapter 12: Israeli Goliath 2006-2009
Chapter 13: Double Standards 2009-2014
Chapter 14: American Loyalty 2014-2015
Epilogue 2016
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Author's Note
Chapter 1: Patriotic Loyalty 1896-1927
Chapter 2: The Zionist Menace 1928-1939
Chapter 3: Denial and Discomfort 1933-1948
Chapter 4: Democratic Allies 1949-1957
Chapter 5: Conquest and Occupation 1960-1979
Chapter 6: Arabs and Jews 1979-1984
Chapter 7: Moral Equivalence 1984-1988
Chapter 8: Occupation Cruelty 1988-1989
Chapter 9: Illusions of Peace 1990-1996
Chapter 10: Realities of Conflict 1996-2001
Chapter 11: Blame Israel First 2002-2006
Chapter 12: Israeli Goliath 2006-2009
Chapter 13: Double Standards 2009-2014
Chapter 14: American Loyalty 2014-2015
Epilogue 2016
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Author's Note