The Impact of the Holocaust in America: The Jewish Role in American Life

by Bruce Zuckerman

The contributions to this volume consider topics such as the immigrant experience in coming to America after the trauma of the Holocaust; how the Shoah has shaped more recent interpretation of the Hebrew Bible; the role that survivors have fulfilled in educating American youth not only about the Holocaust itself, but also about how values - especially in regard to tolerance - can and must be shaped by eye-witness testimony on the Shoah; the impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557535345
• ISBN13: 9781557535344
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"