Why Is America Different?: American Jewry on its 350th Anniversary

by Steven T. Katz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761847685
• ISBN13: 9780761847687
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"