The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century Paperback - 1998

In this urgent book, Alan M. Dershowitz shows why American Jews are in danger of disappearing - and what must be done now to create a renewed sense of Jewish identity for the next century. In previous times, the threats to Jewish survival were external - the virulent consequences of anti-Semitism. Now, however, in late-twentieth-century America, the danger has shifted. Jews today are more secure, more accepted, more assimilated, and more successful than ever before. They've dived into the melting pot - and they've achieved the American Dream. And that, according to Dershowitz, is precisely the problem. More than 50 percent of Jews will marry non-Jews, and their children will most often be raised as non-Jews. Which means, in the view of Dershowitz, that American Jews will vanish as a distinct cultural group sometime in the next century - unless they act now. Speaking to concerned Jews everywhere, Dershowitz calls for a new Jewish identity that focuses on the positive - the 3,500-year-old legacy of Jewish culture, values, and traditions. Dershowitz shows how this new Jewish identity can compete in America's open environment of opportunity and choice - and offers concrete proposals on how to instill it in the younger generation.

Details

• Title The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
• Author Alan M. Dershowitz
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Touchstone ed
• Pages 416
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Touchstone Books, NY
• Date 1998-09-08
• ISBN 9780684848983 / 0684848988
• Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
• Dimensions 8.6 x 5.42 x 0.99 in (21.84 x 13.77 x 2.51 cm)
• Themes
  • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Religious Orientation: Jewish
• Library of Congress subjects United States - Ethnic relations, Judaism - United States
• Dewey Decimal Code 305.892