How I Am a Jew: Adventures Into My Jewish-American Identity

By Howard W. Polsky

How I Am a Jew documents the life-long journey of author Howard Polsky as he struggles to maintain his cultural Jewish heritage in the context of his American homeland. This experience of one particular individual is the story of many Americans. Most people living in the U.S. were born abroad or have parents or grandparents, who were born abroad and share the effort described in this book to make meaning of their roots on the road to integrate the different parts of their identities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761824235
• ISBN13: 9780761824237
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 220 Pages