American Jewry and the re-invention of the East European Jewish past / Markus Krah.

In the postwar years, American Jews obsessively engaged their East European past. In sermons, historical essays, literary criticism, political pamphlets, photography, and theater they made this past usable for their American present. The study traces this obsession to a sense of insecurity after the...

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Main Author: Krah, Markus (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2018]
Series:New perspectives on modern Jewish history ; v. 9.
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