The Americanization of the Jews Contributor(s): Seltzer, Robert (Editor), Cohen, Norman S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814780016 ISBN-13: 9780814780015 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1995 Annotation: The Americanization of the Jews explores the effect of Jews on America and of America on Jews. Although English, French, and Dutch Jewries are usually considered the principal forerunners of modern Jewry, Jews have lived as long in North America as they have in postmedieval Britain and France and only sixty years less than in Amsterdam. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 305.892 |
LCCN: 94-36160 |
Series: Reappraisals in Jewish Social & Intellectual History |
Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.04" W x 9.18" (1.64 lbs) 486 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: How did Judaism, a religion so often defined by its minority status, attain equal footing in the trinity of Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism that now dominates modern American religious life? |
Contributor Bio(s): Seltzer, Robert: - ROBERT M. SELTZER is Professor of History at Hunter College, Chair of the Hunter Jewish Social Studies Program, and the author of Jewish People, Jewish Thought.Cohen, Norman S.: - NORMAN J. COHEN is Dean of the Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, and Professor of Midrash. |