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The Vanishing American Jew / In 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.

Other Title	In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century
GMD	Book
Corporate Author	Jewishidentity--U.S.
Classification	305.892 DER
Publisher	Boston & New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1997-03-01
Subject	ReligionU.S.--Jews--IdentitySocial Commentary--U.S. Jewish LifeJews--United States--Politics and government.Judaism--United StatesAntisemitism--United States.United States--Ethnic relations.American-Assimilation-Jews
Description	395
ISBN	9780316181334
Additional ISBN	0316181331
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