An Ideology for American Jews -- An Essay Review of Israel: The Ever-Dying People and Other Essays


 

Publication Date: January 1987

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Bernard Reisman

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Jewish Identity; Literature

Type: Book review

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

I know of no other contemporary Jewish thinker whose positions come closer than Rawidowicz's to responding to the predilections of American Jews. But there can be a significant gap between predilections and an ideology which people can articulate and which can provide direction to their lives.