The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
by Dershowitz, Alan M
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- 0316181331
- ISBN 13
- 9780316181334
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Synopsis
In this urgent book, Alan M. Dershowitz shows why American Jews are in danger of disappearing - and what must be done now to create a renewed sense of Jewish identity for the next century. In previous times, the threats to Jewish survival were external - the virulent consequences of anti-Semitism. Now, however, in late-twentieth-century America, the danger has shifted. Jews today are more secure, more accepted, more assimilated, and more successful than ever before. They've dived into the melting pot - and they've achieved the American Dream. And that, according to Dershowitz, is precisely the problem. More than 50 percent of Jews will marry non-Jews, and their children will most often be raised as non-Jews. Which means, in the view of Dershowitz, that American Jews will vanish as a distinct cultural group sometime in the next century - unless they act now. Speaking to concerned Jews everywhere, Dershowitz calls for a new Jewish identity that focuses on the positive - the 3,500-year-old legacy of Jewish culture, values, and traditions. Dershowitz shows how this new Jewish identity can compete in America's open environment of opportunity and choice - and offers concrete proposals on how to instill it in the younger generation.
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- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
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- 029116
- Title
- The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
- Author
- Dershowitz, Alan M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316181331
- ISBN 13
- 9780316181334
- Publisher
- Little Brown And Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 395
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Jews - United States - Politics And Government; Judaism - United States; Anti-Semitism - United States; United States - Ethnic Relations General, General, Cultural Policy
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