A Unique People in a Unique Land : : Essays on American Jewish History / / Edward Shapiro.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Shapiro, Edward,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

This book is a collection of two dozen essays published over the past four decades on American Jewish history and culture. They discuss the role that Jews have played in American culture, sports, politics, business, and religion, as well as the nature of American antisemitism. The essays argue that the the Jewish experience in America has been unique and this uniqueness has encouraged Jews to define their Jewish identity in multiple ways. In no other country has Judaism and Jewishness taken on so many diverse forms. While America has not been the promised land for Jews, it has been a land of promise. Jews have prospered in America and become part of the social, cultural, political, and economic mainstream. But whether Judaism and Jewish identity have also prospered is another question.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part One. Identity -- Chapter 1 The Mystery of American Jewish Identity -- Chapter 2 The Jewishness of the New York Intellectuals: Sidney Hook, a Test Case -- Chapter 3 Will Herberg’s Protestant—Catholic—Jew: A Critique -- Chapter 4 The Impact of War: America’s Jews and World War II -- Part Two. Religion -- Chapter 5 A Shtetl in the Sun: Orthodoxy in Southern Florida -- Chapter 6 The Crisis of Conservative Judaism -- Chapter 7 Modern Orthodoxy in Crisis: A Test Case -- Chapter 8 The Decline and Rise of Secular Judaism in America -- Part Three. Antisemitism -- Chapter 9 John Higham and American Antisemitism -- Chapter 10 The World Labor Athletic Carnival of 1936: An American Anti-Nazi Protest -- Chapter 11 The Approach of War: Congressional Isolationism and Antisemitism, 1939-1941 -- Chapter 12 Antisemitism Mississippi Style -- Chapter 13 The Educational Crusade of George W. Armstrong -- Chapter 14 Interpretations of the Crown Heights Riot -- Chapter 15 The Cognitive Dissonance of American Jews -- Part Four. Business -- Chapter 16 Jewish Historians and American Capitalism -- Chapter 17 The Absent American Jewish Business Mogul -- Chapter 18 From Participant to Owner: The Role of Jews in Contemporary American Sports -- Part Five. Politics -- Chapter 19 Waiting for Righty? An Interpretation of the Political Behavior of American Jews -- Chapter 20 Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and American Jewish History -- Chapter 21 Jewish Intellectuals and the American Conservative Movement -- Index