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A certain people : American Jews and their lives today / Charles E. Silberman.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--United States--Social conditions.
- Jews.
- Social mobility--United States.
- Social mobility.
- United States--Civilization--Jewish influences.
- United States.
- Judaism--United States.
- Judaism.
- Jews--United States--Identity.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- Judaïsme--États-Unis.
- Juifs--États-Unis--Conditions sociales.
- Juifs--États-Unis--Identité.
- Mobilité sociale--États-Unis.
- Civilization--Jewish influences.
- Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Identity.
- Jews--Social conditions.
- Local Subjects:
- Judaïsme--États-Unis.
- Juifs--États-Unis--Conditions sociales.
- Juifs--États-Unis--Identité.
- Mobilité sociale--États-Unis.
- Physical Description:
- 458 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Summit Books, ©1985.
- Summary:
- Despite pockets of discrimination, almost every occupation and position in American society is open to American Jews, compared to the situation in the 1930s when widespread and virulent antisemitism caused Jews to hide their identity. Although many Jews fear this change because of increasing assimilation, evidence shows that it also offers opportunities for a cultural and religious revival. Black antisemitism is presented as the exception to this optimistic view. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).
- Contents:
- pt. I. An American success story. Introduction: The Great Transformation
- " ... and some are born Jews"
- "A guy named Shapiro"
- Horatio Alger and the Jews
- pt. II. A Jewish success story. "I had not known how deeply Jewish I was."
- Looking out the window: the renewal of American Judaism
- Jews by choice
- pt. III. Notes on the future. "If they're ever going to get us, they're going to get us now."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-442) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Silberman, Charles E., 1925- Certain people.
- ISBN:
- 0671447610
- 9780671447618
- 0671628771
- 9780671628772
- OCLC:
- 12160955
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