Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A new voice for Israel A new voice for Israel Jeremy Ben-Ami "Many Americans who care about Israel's future are questioning whether the hard-line, uncritical stances adopted by many traditional pro-Israel advocates really serve the country's best interests ove… OL16116671W
Changing Jewish life Changing Jewish life Gary A. Tobin,Sylvia Barack Fishman xxii, 267 p. : 25 cm OL19044084W
The star and the stripes The star and the stripes Michael N. Barnett "How do American Jews envision their role in the world? Are they tribal--a people whose obligations extend solely to their own? Or are they prophetic--a light unto nations, working to repair the worl… OL20023352W
Jews in American Politics Jews in American Politics Ira N. Forman,Donald Altschiller,Louis Sandy Maisel,Joseph Lieberman "Jews in American Politics brings together for the first time a complete picture of the past, present, and future of Jewish political participation. Years in the making, this monumental work includes… OL21373312W
American Responses to the Holocaust American Responses to the Holocaust Derek Rubin,Hans Krabbendam 216 pages ; 22 cm OL21609922W
Jazz Age Jews Jazz Age Jews Michael Alexander "By the 1920s, Jews were - by all economic, political, and cultural measures of the day - making it in America. But as these children of immigrants took their places in American society, many deliber… OL2379955W
The New Rabbi The New Rabbi Stephen Fried "From award-winning journalist Stephen Fried comes a vividly intimate portrait of American Judaism today in which faith, family, and community are explored through the dramatic life of a landmark con… OL2703868W
Militant Zionism in America Militant Zionism in America Rafael Medoff "Militant Zionism in America recounts the fascinating and little-known story of the activists who formed a controversial faction of American Jewry during the 1930s and 1940s. These militants - whose… OL3349743W
The Jews and the Nation The Jews and the Nation Frederic Cople Jaher "This book is the first systematic comparison of the civic integration of Jews in the United States and France - specifically, from the two countries' revolutions through the American republic and th… OL3945276W
Passover Revisited Passover Revisited Andrew Harrison "Placed within the context of the Soviet Jewry movement, Passover Revisited: Philadelphia's Efforts to Aid Soviet Jews 1963-1998 argues that Philadelphia was the best organized and most effective Sov… OL6812773W
The vanishing American Jew The vanishing American Jew Alan M. Dershowitz 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 previou… OL86397W