Download or read book Vision Confronts Reality written by Ruth Kozodoy and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays brings a historical understanding to bear on contemporary concerns of the world Jewish community, including issues surrounding the early history of Israel that have ongoing repercussions, Soviet Jews, Islamic fundamentalism, German memories of Nazism, the Israeli-American strategic alliance, and contemporary Israeli literature's expression of disaffection with Zionism.