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by Howard Jacobson


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When fast-breaking political events forced British novelist Jacobson (Peeping Tom) to put off a trip to Lithuania planned as a search for his Jewish roots, he accepted an offer from the BBC to visit Jewish communities around the globe instead. This informed and witty account of his experiences deals with the wide variety of contemporary Jewish life, as well as with how Jacobson's observations affected his own concept of what it means to be a Jew. Riding an emotional roller coaster, he witnessed the hostility between Jews and African Americans in New York City, attended services in a gay synagogue in California and found his basic cynicism about religion reinforced after he spent time with Orthodox Jews in Israel, although his spirits were lifted by a visit to an idealistic, tolerant Israeli kibbutz. His journey concluded with the postponed trip to Lithuania, where the author found virulent anti-Semitism. The book has been adapted for a forthcoming BBC/PBS documentary.

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  • Title Roots Schmoots: Journeys Among Jews
  • Author Howard Jacobson
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 502
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Abrams Press, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date August 1, 1995
  • ISBN 9780879516055 / 0879516054
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.96 x 5.98 x 1.36 in (22.76 x 15.19 x 3.45 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93031471
  • Dewey Decimal Code 910.4
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