Jews Against Prejudice: American Jews and the Fight for Civil Liberties

America's dark history of anti-Semitism, racism, and ethnic bigotry—and many of the efforts to combat such prejudice—has received growing attention in recent years. Yet one of the most important stories in America's struggle to overcome ethnic and religious hatred has gone largely untold. From the Depression to the late 1960s Jewish organizations—working as the leaders in a broadly based social and political movement—waged a determined campaign to eliminate all forms of discrimination and p...