Being Jewish in a Gentile World: A Survival Guide

By Ronald A. Brauner

Book Overview

There is no doubt that America has been the single greatest sustained experience for the Jewish people in almost 4000 years of history. The political, social, religious, and economic freedoms of American democracy have no parallel. And yet, all is not well. While American Jews are not threatened by corrosive antisemitism, pogroms and malevolence, they are endangered, in a paradoxical way, by American culture. Many important Jewish values, concepts, traditions and perceptions do not find expression in the Gentile world. Successive generations of Jews growing up in America are losing their sense of Jewish substance through acculturation with language and values which are alien to real Jewishness. The greatest challenge confronting contemporary Jewish life is identifying and holding on to those principles which define Jews and Judaism as unique.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964850869
• ISBN13: 9780964850866
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Mirkov Publications
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"