Why Is America Different?: American Jewry on Its 350th Anniversary

By Steven T. Katz

Book Overview

This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761847693
• ISBN13: 9780761847694
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"