History Lessons: The Creation of American Jewish Heritage

by Beth S. Wenger

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069115614X
• ISBN13: 9780691156149
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.9"