This diverse collectionof essays explore the unique history of Jews inAmerica and the various ways in which they have definedtheir identities both as Americans and as Jews. The topics ofthe essays range from sports and business to religion andbusiness.
This diverse collectionof essays explore the unique history of Jews inAmerica and the various ways in which they have definedtheir identities both as Americans and as Jews. The topics ofthe essays range from sports and business to religion andbusiness.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edward S. Shapiro received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University and is Professor Emeritus of History at Seton Hall University. His books include A Time for Healing: American Jewry Since World War II, We Are Many: Reflections on American Jewish History and Identity, and Crown Heights: Blacks, Jews, and the 1991 Brooklyn Riot.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements for Reprinted Material Introduction Part One: Identity 1. The Mystery of American Jewish Identity 2. The Jewishness of the New York Intellectuals: Sidney Hook, a Test Case 3. Will Herberg s Protestant Catholic Jew: A Critique 4. The Impact of War: Americäs Jews and World War II Part Two: Religion 5. A Shtetl in the Sun: Orthodoxy in Southern Florida 6. The Crisis of Conservative Judaism 7. Modern Orthodoxy in Crisis: A Test Case 8. The Decline and Rise of Secular Judaism in America Part Three: Antisemitism 9. John Higham and American Antisemitism 10. The World Labor Athletic Carnival of 1936: An American Anti-Nazi Protest 11. The Approach of War: Congressional Isolationism and Antisemitism, 1939 1941 12. Antisemitism Mississippi Style 13. The Educational Crusade of George W. Armstrong 14. Interpretations of the Crown Heights Riot 15. The Cognitive Dissonance of American Jews Part Four: Business 16. Jewish Historians and American Capitalism 17. The Absent American Jewish Business Mogul 18. From Participant to Owner: The Role of Jews in Contemporary American Sports Part Five: Politics 19. Waiting For Righty?: An Interpretation of the Political Behavior of American Jews 20. Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and American Jewish Memory 21. Jewish Intellectuals and the American Conservative Movement
Table of Contents Acknowledgements for Reprinted Material Introduction Part One: Identity 1. The Mystery of American Jewish Identity 2. The Jewishness of the New York Intellectuals: Sidney Hook, a Test Case 3. Will Herberg s Protestant Catholic Jew: A Critique 4. The Impact of War: Americäs Jews and World War II Part Two: Religion 5. A Shtetl in the Sun: Orthodoxy in Southern Florida 6. The Crisis of Conservative Judaism 7. Modern Orthodoxy in Crisis: A Test Case 8. The Decline and Rise of Secular Judaism in America Part Three: Antisemitism 9. John Higham and American Antisemitism 10. The World Labor Athletic Carnival of 1936: An American Anti-Nazi Protest 11. The Approach of War: Congressional Isolationism and Antisemitism, 1939 1941 12. Antisemitism Mississippi Style 13. The Educational Crusade of George W. Armstrong 14. Interpretations of the Crown Heights Riot 15. The Cognitive Dissonance of American Jews Part Four: Business 16. Jewish Historians and American Capitalism 17. The Absent American Jewish Business Mogul 18. From Participant to Owner: The Role of Jews in Contemporary American Sports Part Five: Politics 19. Waiting For Righty?: An Interpretation of the Political Behavior of American Jews 20. Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and American Jewish Memory 21. Jewish Intellectuals and the American Conservative Movement
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