Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Statesman
5. Nahum Goldmann 3
6. Thinker
7. Nahum Goldmann as Zionist Thinker 63
8. Negation of the Galut and the Centrality of Israel 75
9. Maverick
10. The German Years 95
11. Nahum Goldmann and the FirstTwo Decades of the World Jewish Congress 107
12. Nahum Goldmann and Chaim Weizmann 125
13. Idealism, Vision, and Pragmatism 139
14. Toward the Partition of Palestine 169
15. Leader
16. Nahum Goldmann and Germany after World War II 207
17. “Reparations Made Me” 233
18. Nahum Goldmann and the Establishment of the Diaspora Museum 255
19. Leadership of Accommodation or Protest? 273
20. Goldmann’s Initiative to Meet with Nasser in 1970 297
21. Contributors 325
22. Index 329