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Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity
Speaking of Jews Rabbis Intellectuals and the Creation of an American Public Identity
Author: Lila Corwin Berman
Lila Corwin Berman asks why, over the course of the twentieth century, American Jews became increasingly fascinated, even obsessed, with explaining themselves to their non-Jewish neighbors. What she discovers is that language itself became a crucial tool for Jewish group survival and integration into American life. Berman investigates a wide ran...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520256811
ISBN-10: 0520256816
Publication Date: 3/10/2009
Pages: 280
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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