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- Publisher: Replica Books
- ISBN: 0316181331
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101982363
- Release Date: March 1, 1997
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "The Vanishing American Jew" by Alan M. Dershowitz to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "The Vanishing American Jew"Browse more products related to "Alan M. Dershowitz"Review"His description of the problem is convincing and his solution is realistic. This book deserves to be read and debated." "Mr. Dershowitz is proud of his Orthodox upbringing but he is prouder of the way he is now. He does not see why the pendulum should swing from religious devotion to disaffection and back again in an endless cycle of rejection and return. Can't it just stay in one place--the place Mr. Dershowitz has himself arrived at? It is almost as if Mr. Dershowitz would like to re-create and mass produce the essence of his own experience: an Orthodox childhood anchoring a secular adulthood; memories of anti-Semitic America neutralized by a sense of obstacles overcome; a passion for Israel born during the state's earliest and most innocent days; a dark awareness of the Holocaust tempered by boundless optimism about the future." "In a provocative call to action, Dershowitz argues that American Jewry is in danger of extinction by the middle of the next century, because of skyrocketing rates of intermarriage and assimilation, combined with low birth rates....His thoughtful, unsentimental analyses of the future prospects of American Jewry deserves close attention." Publisher's noteIn 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. AnnotationNoted lawyer and professor Alan Dershowitz sounds a call to action for American Jews in this book. He details what he thinks must be done to ensure that Jewish cultural and religious identity remains a vibrant part of America's future. If You Enjoy "The Vanishing American Jew (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "The Vanishing American Jew (Hardcover)" by Alan M. Dershowitz (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Minority Studies - Ethnic American Bestsellers
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