Speaking of Jews : rabbis, intellectuals, and the creation of an American public identity

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Berman, Lila Corwin, 1976-

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Investigates a wide range of sourcesradio and television broadcasts, bestselling books, sociological studies, debates about Jewish marriage and intermarriage, Jewish missionary work, and moreto rev...

Investigates a wide range of sourcesradio and television broadcasts, bestselling books, sociological studies, debates about Jewish marriage and intermarriage, Jewish missionary work, and moreto reveal how rabbis, intellectuals, and others created a seemingly endless array of explanations about why Jews were indispensable to American life. Even as the content of these explanations developed and shifted over time, the very project of self-explanation would become a core element of Jewishness in the twentieth century.

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