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Author Silberman, Charles E., 1925-2011.

Title A certain people : American Jews and their lives today / Charles E. Silberman.

Publication Info. New York : Summit Books, [1985]
©1985

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.8 SIL c.2  Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8924 S582C    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 458 pages ; 25 cm
Contents pt. I. An American success story. Introduction: The Great Transformation -- " ... and some are born Jews" -- "A guy named Shapiro" -- Horatio Alger and the Jews -- pt. II. A Jewish success story. "I had not known how deeply Jewish I was." -- Looking out the window: the renewal of American Judaism -- Jews by choice -- pt. III. Notes on the future. "If they're ever going to get us, they're going to get us now."
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 367-442.
Subject Jews -- United States -- Social conditions.
Social mobility -- United States.
Judaism -- United States.
Jews -- United States -- Identity.
United States -- Civilization -- Jewish influences.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
ISBN 0671447610
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