Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the American Jewish community, this question seemed well worth revisiting. To explore it more fully, the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University brought together a distinguished group of expert scholars on the main areas of American Jewish life, stretching from the colonial Jewish experience to the image of Jews in contemporary films. The present volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation.
- ISBN10 0761847685
- ISBN13 9780761847687
- Publish Date 11 December 2010 (first published 15 December 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 420
- Language English