This article tells the story of duelling philosophies over money and power in the philanthropic relationship between American Jews and Israelis during the twentieth century. Its purpose is to provide one case study for how an affluent diaspora community and the leadership of the corresponding ethnic homeland viewed the roles each should play in allocating funds. It details the battle over two conflicting schools of thought for how best to control the nature and flow of American Jewish philanthropy to the Yishuv and early Israeli State. It then describes the extensive steps taken by the eventual winning side to entrench a culture of American deference to Israelis in allocations decision making as the dominant mode of philanthropic partnership in the second half of the twentieth century. The relationship dynamics and tactical measures employed in the battle over allocations discussed in this case provide a framework for analysing other similar homeland-diaspora philanthropic relationships.

这篇文章讲述了 20 世纪美国犹太人和以色列人之间的慈善关系中关于金钱和权力的哲学决斗的故事。其目的是提供一个案例研究，说明富裕的侨民社区和相应民族家园的领导如何看待每个人在分配资金中应发挥的作用。它详细介绍了关于如何最好地控制美国犹太慈善事业向伊舒夫和早期以色列国家的性质和流动的两个相互冲突的思想流派的斗争。然后，它描述了最终获胜方采取的广泛步骤，以巩固美国在分配决策中尊重以色列人的文化，将其作为 20 世纪下半叶慈善伙伴关系的主要模式。