The Struggle for Soviet Jewry in American Politics: Israel Versus the American Jewish Establishment Fred A. Lazin From the Foreword This major work by professor Fred Lazin, uncommonly interesting and sure to become an indispensable reference, is based on a vast array of documents and sources about one of the great and somewhat underreported movements of people in the later part of the twentieth century: the immigration of Jews form the Soviet Union to Israel and the United States. Importantly, it is also about American politics, Jewish pressure groups, friction between Israel and Jews in the Diaspora, and (inevitably) the continuing crisis in the middle East. Professor Lazin is unusually successful in treating both parties with fairness, which is not an easy task. All concerned will probably criticize him for his unflattering objectivity. The volume may not inspire optimism about the future of the Middle East because it highlights the difficulty of resolving a situation in Israel in which leaders must deal not only with Palestinians but also with an amazing variety of American Jewish Lobbies…….. ….It is rather like a tennis match with a dozen players on each side of the court. This is hardly the only wisdom to be gained from the following pages. Since many Arab leaders are convinced of hidden conspiracies, surely this involved story of the American and Israeli disputes and debates should provide convincing evidence that policy in democratic states is made in an arena where parties vie embarrassingly open connection and public disagreement. While Professor Lazin explores the impediment that Americans and Israelis posed to Soviet Jewish immigration, his study is a clear narrative of how policy is forged on the ground and how politics play out in a democratic society. His book is thus a doubly welcome addition to the Policy Studies Organization's series with Lexington Books……….. Lazin leaves it up to the reader to decide who emerges as principled and high-minded., though we may instead conclude that practicality rather than nobility is the virtue that prevails.