num_pages: 336
description: An account of how Eastern European Jewish immigrants moved from the old world into the new, grappling with an American lifestyle whilst trying to retain their traditional identity. Interviews with American Jews and the Cowan's use of oral narrative convey the Jewish experience of American culture.
language: English
title: Our Parents' Lives: Jewish Assimilation in Everyday Life
titlecomplete: Our Parents' Lives: Jewish Assimilation in Everyday Life
genres: History
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Rutgers University Press