The Americanization of the Jews

by Robert Seltzer (Editor), Norman S. Cohen (Editor)

Overview

Explores the paradoxes that abound in the relationship between America and Judaism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814739570
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	02/01/1995
Series:	Reappraisals in Jewish Social History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	486
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

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.

NORMAN J. COHEN is Dean of the Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, and Professor of Midrash.

Editorial Reviews

By the end of this very readable book the reader is left with a plausible "model" about American Jews, one which sees America as being at odds with continued Jewishness. -- Jewish Book World

Bethamie Horowitz