A certain people : American Jews and their lives today /

Despite pockets of discrimination, almost every occupation and position in American society is open to American Jews, compared to the situation in the 1930s when widespread and virulent antisemitism caused Jews to hide their identity. Although many Jews fear this change because of increasing assimil...

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Main Author: Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Summit Books, ©1985.
Edition:1st ed.
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245 1 2 |a A certain people :  |b American Jews and their lives today /  |c Charles E. Silberman. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Summit Books,  |c ©1985. 
300 |a 458 pages ;  |c 25 cm 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-442) and index. 
505 0 |a pt. I. An American success story. Introduction: The Great Transformation -- " ... and some are born Jews" -- "A guy named Shapiro" -- Horatio Alger and the Jews -- pt. II. A Jewish success story. "I had not known how deeply Jewish I was." -- Looking out the window: the renewal of American Judaism -- Jews by choice -- pt. III. Notes on the future. "If they're ever going to get us, they're going to get us now." 
520 |a Despite pockets of discrimination, almost every occupation and position in American society is open to American Jews, compared to the situation in the 1930s when widespread and virulent antisemitism caused Jews to hide their identity. Although many Jews fear this change because of increasing assimilation, evidence shows that it also offers opportunities for a cultural and religious revival. Black antisemitism is presented as the exception to this optimistic view.  |c (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). 
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