The Jewish Presence: Essays on Identity and History

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What does it mean to Be a Jew? In the twenty essays included here, best-selling author Lucy S. Dawidowicz examines many aspects of modern Jewish life, concentrating on the central experiences of our era the search for meaning of ones existence as a Jew; bridging the past and the present: recon- eking tradition and modernity; preserving wholeness and self-esteem after the Holocaust. While she describes the evolution of American Judaism and surveys its present condition, the author also shows us the continuities between Old World and New ~World Judaism as she c-yokes the modern Jews struggle between faith and secularism. A keen mind, a sharp pen, a passionate sensibility, a large stock of learning, a deep concern with Jewish matters all these characterize the work of Lucy Dawidowica. And all of them shine out of her book, The Jeush Presence.Irving Howe

What does it mean to Be a Jew? In the twenty essays included here, best-selling author Lucy S.
Dawidowicz examines many aspects of modern Jewish life

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