German-Jewish Identities in America

by Christof Mauch and Joseph Salmons

Changing political, social, and cultural circumstances have led German Jews in America to take on many different identities. These essays examine such varied topics as the relationship between German and Eastern European Jews in America, the development of the B'nai Brith, nineteenth-century Jewish community-building in Chicago, the role of German Jews in the building of modern American show business, and the correlation between date of emigration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0924119071
• ISBN13: 9780924119071
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Max Kade Institute
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"