The Jews in America by Cohen, David (editor) - 1989

San Francisco, Calif Usa: Collins Publishers. New in Near Fine dust jacket 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Marfree, acidfree Fine 1stEd full unbumped red cloth, maroon shiny endpapers, unclipped photographis DJ -- gift qual; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. ; 1.2 x 10.8 x 16.8 inches; 223 pages; \nFrom Publishers Weekly A glossy, predictable paean to American Jewry by the producers of the Day in the Life series, this oversize collection of photographs traverses the country, capturing cowboys and Soviet Jewry activists, magicians and roving rabbis. The belabored point here is that Jews have special customs--circumcision, bar mitzvah, Passover seder--that set them apart, but Jews are also as American as apple pie. Hence, many of the 197 pictures, most of them color, reiterate that Jews are just regular folk: there are cozy multigenerational shots and photos of Jewish doctors, astronauts, hikers, soldiers, prisoners, casket-makers, emotionally disturbed youth. Cohen, co-editor of Christmas in America , plays up a familiar ethnic focus on food and stardom (a photograph of Steven Spielberg and his mom, Leah Adler, who owns a kosher L. A. Restaurant, combines the two themes) ... Copyright 1989 Reed. .