Why Is America Different: American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Why Is America Different: American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary
By (Author) Steven T. Katz
University Press of America
University Press of America
21st October 2010
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History of the Americas
Social groups: religious groups and communities
973.04924
Physical Properties
Paperback
420
Width 154mm, Height 232mm, Spine 21mm
544g
Description
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.
Author Bio
Steven T. Katz is director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University, Boston, Ma., and holds the Alvin J. and Shirley Slater Chair in Jewish and Holocaust Studies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1972.
