Am I a Jew?
Subtitle: my journey among the believers and pretenders, the lapsed and the lost, in search of faith (not necessarily my own), my roots, and who knows, even myself
By: Theodore Ross
Publisher: A Plume Book
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780142180396
Subjects: Jews; Identity; Crypto-Jews; Jewish Christians; Return to Orthodox Judaism; Interviews; Juifs; Identité; Cryptojuifs; Chrétiens juifs; Retour au judaïsme orthodoxe; Entretiens
Description: "When Theodore Ross moved from New York City to small-town Mississippi, his mother insisted that the family pretend to not be Jewish. He was sent to an Episcopal school, where he studied the Bible, sang in the choir, and even took communion. As an adult, he abandoned the religious charade, but wondered: Am I a Jew? In search of an answer, Ross immersed himself within communities on the fringes of Jewish identity--'Crypto-Jews, ' 'Lost Tribes, ' the ultra-Orthodox, and more. Filled with humor, curiosity, and sincerity, Am I a Jew? explores America's riotous religious diversity, and one man's quest to stake a claim within it."--Page [4] cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hidden Jew; title: Crypto-Jew; title: The Illuminati; title: The masters of return; title: Jewish mother; title: Synthesis and separation; title: The spark; title: Unique populations; title: An answer; title: An accounting; title: Selected bibliography.