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Why Is America Different?

American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary

Steven T Katz editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University Press of America

Published:11th Oct '10

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Why Is America Different? cover

Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the American Jewish community, this question seemed well worth revisiting. To explore it more fully, the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University brought together a distinguished group of expert scholars on the main areas of American Jewish life, stretching from the colonial Jewish experience to the image of Jews in contemporary films. The present volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation.

ISBN: 9780761847687

Dimensions: 238mm x 163mm x 28mm

Weight: 708g

420 pages