Stepping Into Zion: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity

by Janice W. Fernheimer

By studying the multiracial Jewish organization Hatzaad Harishon, Janice W. Fernheimer's Stepping into Zion considers the question "Who is a Jew?"-- a critical rhetorical issue with far-reaching consequences for Jews and non-Jews alike.

Hatzaad Harishon (The First Step) was a New York-based, multiracial Jewish organization that worked to increase recognition and legitimacy for Black Jews in the sixties and seventies. In Stepping into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817318240
• ISBN13: 9780817318246
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"