The Politics and Public Culture of American Jews (The Modern Jewish Experience)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: July 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780253213181
Subjects: American history; Jewish studies; 20th century; Minority Studies - Ethnic American; Immigrants; History - General History; United States - General; Sociology; USA; Politics and government; Jewish - General; Social life and customs; History; Jews; United States
First sentence: The quandary Jews in America have faced in their striving to survive as a communal entity while aspiring for integration into the society at large is marked by a special poignancy.
Description: "Arthur A. Goren's essays, ranging over nearly a century of Jewish communal life, examine the ways in which American Jews grappled with issues of group survival in an open and accepting society. With the focus on Jewish strategies for maintaining a collective identity while participating fully in American society and public life, Goren explores how immigrants fashioned a Jewish public culture from the traditions and secular ideologies they brought with them from Europe."--BOOK JACKET.