What It Means to Be Jewish: The Voices of Our Heritage

by Ina Abrams

Book Overview

In this collection of past and present story-telling, scholarship, and spiritual autobiography, the many facets of the Jewish identity-both ancient and modern-are illuminated by a multitude of writings and recollections on history and exile, literature and art, selfhood and victimization, immigration and opportunity, and thought and belief. Indeed, such a vast array of first-person voices forms a chorus that both documents and contextualizes the history,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312261942
• ISBN13: 9780312261948
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"