Americans for a Progressive Israel Records
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Abstract
Americans for Progressive Israel was a socialist-Zionist support organization from 1947-1997. The collection contains correspondence, writings, conference materials, administrative materials, photographs, and their periodical, Israel Horizons.
Historical/Biographical Note
Americans for Progressive Israel (API) was founded in 1947 to function as a less ideologically-based support organization by the Hashomer Hatzair, a socialist-Zionist organization. API was founded by Moshe Kagan. API's periodical, Israel Horizons, was created initially by the Progressive Zionist League in 1952. In 1997, API merged with Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace and became Meretz USA. In 2011, Meretz changed its name to Partners for Progressive Israel. Israel Horizons ceased publication in 2011. API was active in international Zionist work, and conducted educational programs.
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Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
The collection focuses on events and issues in Israel, notably Israel's relations with the Arab world, and contains correspondence with other left-wing Israeli political parties, minutes, annual reports and other administrative material. There is also some correspondence and administrative material, including minutes and annual reports. The majority of the materials date from the 1980s. There is a significant amount of material related to its publication, Israel Horizons. The collection also holds color and black-and-white photographs from 1937 up to the 1980s. Images include photographs of Kibbutz Ein Hashofet and photographs of meetings from the 1980s from disassembled albums.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1937-1991 range, are expected to enter the public domain in 2111.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Americans for a Progressive Israel Records; TAM 147; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials found in repository; provenance is unknown but was likely a gift of the organization circa 1992. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 1992.018, 1992.019, NPA.2005.243, and NPA.2005.055.
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Processing Information
Photographs were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the Americans for Progressive Israel Photographs (PHOTOS 203). In 2013, the photograph collection was reincorporated into the Americans for a Progressive Israel Records.
