The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
Little Brown and Company, 1997. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. x, 395 p. Occasional footnotes. Index. 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. Condition: Very good in good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some wear, soiling, and sticker mark.
Keywords: Zionism, Aliyah, ANti-Defamation, Assimilation, Patrick ZBuchanan, Discrimination, Farrakhan, Halakah, Hasidic, Herzl, Holocaust, Intermarriage, Israel, Pat Robertson, Talmud, Terrorism, Ultra-Orthodox
ISBN: 9780316181334
[Book #61542]
Price: $65.00