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The American Jewish Experience: A Reader

by Jonathan D. Sarna
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The American Jewish Experience presents a range of the liveliest, most informative writing on Jews in America from colonial times to the present. This revised and expanded edition of the popular reader contains nine new selections and continues to explore traditional areas as well as topics of current interest - such as Jewish women in American society and Jews in American popular culture. Each selection is preceded by a headnote that provides the essay's historical context and contemporary relevance, and extensively annotated bibliographies follow each section.

Synopsis

The American Jewish Experience presents a range of the liveliest, most informative writing on Jews in America from colonial times to the present. This revised and expanded edition of the popular reader contains nine new selections and continues to explore traditional areas as well as topics of current interest - such as Jewish women in American society and Jews in American popular culture. Each selection is preceded by a headnote that provides the essay's historical context and contemporary relevance, and extensively annotated bibliographies follow each section.

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Book Details

Published
October 1, 1997
Publisher
Holmes & Meier Publishers, Inc.
Pages
303
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780841913769

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