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Why Is America Different? American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary

By Steven T. Katz

Book information

Publisher
University Press of America
Year
2010
ISBN
0761847685, 9780761847687
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1191678 bytes)
Pages
420\0
Time added
2021-12-19 09:53:52

Description

Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the American Jewish community, this question seemed well worth revisiting. To explore it more fully, the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University brought together a distinguished group of expert scholars on the main areas of American Jewish life, stretching from the colonial Jewish experience to the image of Jews in contemporary films. The present volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation.

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