Jewish Responses to Modernity: New Voices in America and Eastern Europe

by Eli Lederhendler

Book Overview

Facing the dizzying array of changes commonly referred to as modernity, Jews in 19th-century Eastern Europe and early 20th-century America reflected the crises and opportunities of the modern world most eloquently in their speech, culture, and literature. Relying on those spoken and written words as eyewitnesses, Eli Lederhendler illustrates how the self- perceptions of Jews evolved, both in the Old World and among immigrants to America. He focuses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814751385
• ISBN13: 9780814751381
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"