Stranger at home
Subtitle: "the Holocaust", Zionism, and American Judaism
By: by Jacob Neusner.
Series: South Florida studies in the history of Judaism ;; no. 91; South Florida studies in the history of Judaism ;; 91.
Publisher: Scholars Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Atlanta, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Judaism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Jews -- United States -- Identity; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence; Zionism -- United States -- History; Jews -- United States -- Attitudes toward Israel
Description: In this collection of related essays Jacob Neusner reflects on the experience of American Jews. He argues that the generative myth of death and rebirth by which American Jews make sense of themselves is shaped by the defining moments of the Holocaust and the creation of the State of Israel. A final section of essays considers the symbolic meaning of Zionism for the Jewish community, apart from the State of Israel.
Notes: "Fourth printing."
Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981.
Includes index.