Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the Twentieth CenturyUniversity of Washington Press, 1995 - 190 pages Has America been a place that has preserved and protected Jewish life? Is it a place in which a Jewish future is ensured? Samuel Heilman, long-time observer of American Jewish life, grapples with these questions from a sociologist’s perspective. He argues that the same conditions that have allowed Jews to live in relative security since the 1950s have also presented them with a greater challenge than did the adversity and upheaval of earlier years. |
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Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the Twentieth Century Samuel C. Heilman Limited preview - 2011 |
Portrait of American Jews: The Last Half of the 20th Century Samuel C. Heilman No preview available - 1995 |
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