Struggles in the Promised Land: Toward a History of Black-Jewish Relations in the United States

by Jack Salzman

Book Overview

Recent flashpoints in Black-Jewish relations--Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, the violence in Crown Heights, Leonard Jeffries' polemical speeches, the O.J. Simpson verdict, and the contentious responses to these events--suggest just how wide the gap has become in the fragile coalition that was formed during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Instead of critical dialogue and respectful exchange, we have witnessed battles that too often consist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019508828X
• ISBN13: 9780195088281
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"