The Politics and Public Culture of American Jews |
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Author:
| Goren, Arthur A. |
Series title: | The Modern Jewish Experience Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-253-21318-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $30.59 |
Book Description:
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These strikingly lucid and accessible essays, ranging over nearly a century of Jewish communal life, examine the ways in which immigrant Jews grappled with issues of group survival in an open and accepting American society. Ten case studies focus on Jewish strategies for maintaining a collective identity while participating fully in American society and public life. Readers will find that these essays provide a fresh, provocative, and compelling look at the fundamental question...
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These strikingly lucid and accessible essays, ranging over nearly a century of Jewish communal life, examine the ways in which immigrant Jews grappled with issues of group survival in an open and accepting American society. Ten case studies focus on Jewish strategies for maintaining a collective identity while participating fully in American society and public life. Readers will find that these essays provide a fresh, provocative, and compelling look at the fundamental question facing American Jewry at the end of the 20th century, as at its start: how to assure Jewish survival in the benign conditions of American freedom.