Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity
Berman, Lila Corwin
ISBN: | 9780520943704 |
Publisher: | Perseus - UCAL POD |
Published: | 1 March, 2009 |
Format: | ePub |
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Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity
Berman, Lila Corwin
Lila Corwin Berman asks why, over the course of the twentieth century, American Jews became increasingly fascinated, even obsessed, with explaining themselves to their non-Jewish neighbors. What she discovers is that language itself became a crucial tool for Jewish group survival and integration into American life. Berman investigates a wide range of sources-radio and television broadcasts, bestselling books, sociological studies, debates about Jewish marriage and intermarriage, Jewish missionar
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