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Tradition Transformed: The Jewish Experience in America by Gerald Sorin (Paperback, 1997)

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Throughout American history, from the colonial era to the present, Jews have found America generally hospitable. Yet even in this relatively receptive country, which essentially replaced Israel as the promised land, there have been vexing questions for Jews--questions about the costs of freedom and mobility, especially with regard to the erosion of Jewish tradition and distinctiveness. In this one-volume history of the Jewish experience in America, Gerald Sorin argues that, from colonial times to the present, acculturation and not assimilation has best described the experience of Jewish Americans. American Jews, Sorin explains, have maintained their unique ethnic characteristics yet have become part of mainstream, middle-class American life. Sorin also shows how the large migration of Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century made a lasting impact on how other Americans imagine, understand, and relate to Jewish Americans and their cultural contributions today. Drawing together all aspects of American Jewish history, this concise volume deals with the transformation of a people, their religion, their move into trade and commerce, their political commitments domestically and internationally (especially after the Holocaust), and their contributions to education and culture.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-13
9780801854477
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95418839

Product Key Features

Subject Area
Social Organisations
Author
Gerald Sorin
Publication Name
Tradition Transformed: the Jewish Experience in America
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
312 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
482g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Gerald Sorin
Series Title
The American Moment
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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