History Lessons The Creation of American Jewish Heritage

Name: History Lessons The Creation of American Jewish Heritage
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ISBN: 9780691156149

ISBN-10: 069115614X

ISBN-13: 9780691156149

Edition: 2010

Authors: Beth S. Wenger

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Most American Jews today will probably tell you that Judaism is inherently democratic and that Jewish and American cultures share the same core beliefs and values. But in fact, Jewish tradition and American culture did not converge seamlessly. Rather, it was American Jews themselves who consciously created this idea of an American Jewish heritage and cemented it in the popular imagination during the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.History Lessonsis the first book to examine how Jews in the United States collectively wove themselves into the narratives of the nation, and came to view the American Jewish experience as a unique chapter in Jewish history.Beth Wenger shows how…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 9/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 5.71" wide x 9.09" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Beth S. Wenger is Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she currently serves as Chair of the History Department. Her award-winning books include The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America and New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promise .