Torn at the Roots

Description

"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.

First Sentence

Owners Association had worked to cancel an African Methodist Episcopal Church convention because of a fear that so many black clientele in Miami Beach might have negative consequences on their mortgage loans.

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Other Editions

• Torn at the RootsHardcoverColumbia University Press2002-08-15
• Torn at the RootsColumbia University Press2004-01-01
• Torn at the RootsColumbia University Press2004-01-01
• Torn at the RootsPaperbackColumbia University Press2004-03-01