Creating American Jews: Historical Conversations about Identity (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)
by By Mittleman, Karen S.
Category: Social Science , Ethnic Studies , General

With essays by David Hollinger, Jenna Weissman Joselit, Jonathan Sarna, and William Toll.Offering a fresh look at an ongoing dilemma, Creating American Jews explores the struggle to create a distinctive American Jewish sense of self and community, from the 18th century to the present day. Four provocative essays by leading historians of American ethnicity and Jewish life examine the ways that Jewish culture in America continues to be reinvented, infused with new creative spirit by each generation.