A Certain People: American Jews and Their Lives Today

by Charles E. Silberman

Book Overview

Jewish Studies, Judaism, American Studies, Social Studies, Ethnic Studies This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671447610
• ISBN13: 9780671447618
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Summit Books
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Flattering but overly optimistic

Silberman responded to the fears of the disappearance of the US Jewish community with an overly positive analysis of their situation. He points out rightly the great successes of the American Jewish community but misreads the meaning of intermarriage. And his suggestions about how this may increase the size and strength of the American community seem mistakenly optimistic. It is nice to be flattered and know how wonderful we all are, but sometimes the hard truth is necessary. And Silberman skips the many hard truths about the good share of the American Jewish community that is ignorant of all real Jewish knowledge and practice.