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Highlights
- A controversial examination of the Jewish success story in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and ethnicity.
- About the Author: Arthur Hertzberg, professor of Jewish Studies at New York University, is the author of numerous books, including The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader and The French Enlightenment and the Jews: The Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism.
- 409 Pages
- History, Jewish
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About the Book
A brilliant, challenging revisionist history of the Jewish experience in America by Arthur Hertzberg, political leader, rabbi, social historian, and one of America'a most eminent Jewish thinkers.Book Synopsis
A controversial examination of the Jewish success story in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and ethnicity.Review Quotes
[Hertzberg's] book, which is a product of lived experience as well as wide reading, springs from dedication rather than detachment. It is certainly an affectionate narrative of achievements and of the notable Jews identified with them.-- "New York Review of Books"
A trenchant history.... Arthur Hertzberg is sounding an alarm that no Jew can afford to ignore if he cares about the survival of American Jewry.-- "The Boston Globe"
A useful and scrupulously fair account of what is a true American epic.-- "The New York Times Book Review"
About the Author
Arthur Hertzberg, professor of Jewish Studies at New York University, is the author of numerous books, including The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader and The French Enlightenment and the Jews: The Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism.Dimensions (Overall): 8.99 Inches (H) x 5.96 Inches (W) x .85 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.21 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Jewish
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 409
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Arthur Hertzberg
Language: English
Street Date: October 1, 1997
TCIN: 1002556370
UPC: 9780231108416
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-6597
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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