Kenneth D. Wald

Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

American Jews have built a political culture based on the principle of equal citizenship in a secular state. This durable worldview has guided their political behavior from the founding to the present day. In The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism, Kenneth D. Wald traces the development of this culture by examining the controversies and threats that stimulated political participation by American Jews. Wald shows that the American political environment, permeated by classic liberal values, produced a Jewish community that differs politically from non-Jews who resemble Jews socially and from Jewish communities abroad. Drawing on survey data and extensive archival research, the book examines the ups and downs of Jewish attachment to liberalism and the Democratic Party and the tensions between two distinct strains of liberalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108572637
• Artikelnr.: 57073512

Autorenporträt

The son of Holocaust survivors and grandson of Holocaust victims, Kenneth D. Wald served six years as director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida. He spent four years on the state of Florida's Task Force on Holocaust Education and co-founded and directed the Summer Holocaust Institute for Florida Teachers. In 2011, he was named the University of Florida Teacher-Scholar of the Year, the highest honor given to a faculty member. His most recent book, The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism, won the 2020 National Jewish Book Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Problem(s) of American Jewish Liberalism: 1. America is different
2. Why American Jewish politics is puzzling
3. How is America different?
Part II. Development of the American Jewish Political Culture: 4. How Jews fell in love with the American regime
5. Jewish political culture in the early national period
6. Consolidating Jewish political culture
7. Early twentieth century challenges to Jewish political culture
Part III. Jewish Liberalism and the Democratic Party in the Post-New Deal Era
8. Jewish political culture during the 'long sixties' and after
9. Resurgence of democratic partisanship in the post-new deal era
10. The persistence of the Jewish liberal tradition
References
Index.