The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century Hardcover - 1997
by Alan M. Dershowitz
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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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- Title The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
- Author Alan M. Dershowitz
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st/1st
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Little Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-03-01
- ISBN 9780316181334 / 0316181331
- Weight 1.71 lbs (0.78 kg)
- Dimensions 9.36 x 6.22 x 1.23 in (23.77 x 15.80 x 3.12 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Ethnic relations, Judaism - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-49292
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.892
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Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/1997, Page 777
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/1997, Page 268
- Library Journal, 03/01/1997, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/1997, Page 92
- New York Times, 03/30/1997, Page 7
- Publishers Weekly, 02/03/1997, Page 88
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