ISBN:
0231123744
Language:
English
Pages:
386 S.
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
2002
Series Statement:
Religion and American culture
DDC:
305.892/4073 21
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
;
Joden
;
Judaïsme réformé - États-Unis - 20e siècle
;
Juifs - États-Unis - Politique et gouvernement - 20e siècle
;
Politieke conflicten
;
Politieke ideologie
;
Juden
;
Politik
;
Jews -- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
;
Liberalism -- United States
;
Social problems
;
Liberalismus
;
Juden
;
USA
;
Religion and politics
;
USA
;
USA
;
Liberalismus
;
Juden
;
Geschichte 1945-2000
Abstract:
"When Jewish Neoconservatives burst upon the political scene, many people were surprised. Conventional wisdom held that Jews were uniformly liberal. This book explodes the myth of a monolithic liberal Judaism. Michael Staub tells the story of the many fierce battles that raged in postwar America over what an authentically Jewish position ought to be on issues ranging from desegregation to Zionism, from Vietnam to gender relations, sexuality, and family life. Throughout the three decades after 1945, Michael Staub shows, American Jews debated the ways in which the political commitments of Jewish individuals and groups could or should be shaped by their Jewishness. Staub shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the liberal position was never the obvious winner in the contest."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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