German-Jewish Identities in America.(Book Review)

From: American Jewish History | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

German-Jewish Identities in America. Edited by Christof Mauch and Joseph Salmons. Madison, WI: Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, 2003. xii + 171 pp.

A conference on German-Jewish Identities in America, held at the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in October 2000, forms the basis for this collection of essays. With nine contributions covering a wide range of topics and approaches, the volume opens new windows into how Jewishness, Germanness, and Americanization have intersected in the German Jewish experience ...

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