We Are Many : Reflections on American Jewish History and Identity Paperback / softback
by Edward S. Shapiro
Part of the Modern Jewish History series
Paperback / softback
Description
The topics of Edward Shapiro's book span the gamut of the American Jewish experience: from the politics of American Jews, the nature of American Jewish identity, relations between Jews and blacks, and Jews and American capitalism.
He discusses writer Herman Wouk; Patrick Buchanan and the Jews; John Higham's interpretation of American anti-Semitism, Nathan Glazer's view of American Orthodoxy, and the Jewishness of Sidney Hook.
Of particular interest is the author's exploration of how American Jews have reconciled their dual identities as Americans and as Jews.
These solutions has shaped the way Jews have voted, prayed, earned a living, married, and chosen a profession.
America, Shapiro argues, has truly been different for Jews, but this difference has shaped the history of America's Jews in unexpected and ironic ways.
The fact that Jews have risen rapidly up the economic and social ladder and have become politically influential has not eliminated their insecurity and the sense they have of themselves as a marginal group.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2005
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- ISBN:9780815630753
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Syracuse University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780815630753
