"Gorny deals with an important and timely subject, namely the development of modern Jewish nationalism. No one has studied this subject in the way Gorny has, by examining the positions on the critical issue of Jewish nationhood of two major left-wing movements within the Jewish community."

Yosef Gorny is Professor of Jewish History at Tel-Aviv University. He is the author of many books, including The British Labour Movement and Zionism, 1917-1948.