Published 1991
by Lerner Publications Co. in Minneapolis .
Written in
Traces the history of the Jews in the United States and their role in the political, cultural, and industrial development of the country. Also discusses the causes and origins of anti-semitism.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
| Statement | Frances Butwin. |
| Series | The In America series |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E184.J5 B83 1991 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 87 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 87 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL1661429M |
| ISBN 10 | 0822502461, 0822510448 |
| LC Control Number | 91224819 |
“A wondrous tale of American Judaism” from the Colonial Era to the twentiethcentury, by the acclaimed author of Jews, God, and History (Kirkus Reviews).. Beginning with the Sephardim who first reached the shores of America in the s, this fascinating book by historian Max Dimont traces the journey of the Jews in the United States.4/4(1). Are American Jews losing their Jewish identity? Since George Washington promised Jewish Americans the full privileges and protections of U.S. citizenship, Jews have flourished in America as nowhere else in the world. But has that come at the expense of their distinctiveness, their unique perspective? Jews in America: Selected full-text books and articles The Jews of the United States, to By Hasia R. Diner University of California Press, Read preview Overview. The Past, Present and Future of Jews in America Gal Beckerman discusses several new books that touch on American Jewish identity, and Kiese Laymon talks about his new memoir, “Heavy.”.
With this comprehensive, insightful, and spirited opus, Sachar (Modern History/George Washington Univ.; A History of Israel, and , etc.) rises to the position of preeminent Jewish historian of our day. Sachar's study aims far above the ``Look Who's Jewish'' genre of pop Jewish-American history, yet there are passages about men of Jewish descent who sponsored Columbus's voyages Author: Howard M. Sachar. Buy a cheap copy of The Abandonment of the Jews: America and book by David S. Wyman. It has long been alleged that officials in the Roosevelt administration knew, in surprising detail, about Adolf Hitler's plans to exterminate all the Jews in Nazi Free shipping over $/5(5). The book was compiled in by Heinz Kloss. Kloss was a Nazi researcher who lived in the US between , and it likely his research on American and Canadian Jews was aided by . The Jews in America book. Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Join renowned historian, Max I. Dimont in his exploration of the /5.
Though Lindbergh is The Plot Against America’s clearest antagonist, his actual actions, according to Roth, matter less than what “American Jews suspect, rightly or wrongly, that he might be Author: Meilan Solly. An idiosyncratic collection of interviews with American Jews on, off and some barely near the field of baseball. By interviewing the descendants of Hank Greenberg, baseball’s first Jewish superstar, and contemporaries of the famously reclusive Sandy Koufax, Ruttman (Voices of Brookline, ) checks off the two most important names on anyone’s list of Jews who have made a mark in the Author: Larry Ruttman. But even for someone immersed in the catastrophe of what happened to the Jews in World War II, Michael Dobbs’s new book, “The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and . Spanning years of Jewish experience in this country, A History of the Jews in America is an essential chronicle by the author of The Course of Modern Jewish History. With impressive scholarship and a riveting sense of detail, Howard M. Sachar tells the stories of Spanish marranos and Russian refugees, of aristocrats and threadbare social revolutionaries, of philanthropists and Hollywood 5/5(1).
