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A Unique People in a Unique Land : Essays on American Jewish History / Edward Shapiro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Edward, author.
- Series:
- Studies in Orthodox Judaism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--United States--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Judaism--United States--History--20th century.
- Judaism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (415 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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: America's Jews and World War II
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Shapiro, Edward A Unique People in a Unique Land
- ISBN:
- 9781644697405
- OCLC:
- 1322125049
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