Journal of Jewish Identities

Journal of Jewish Identities
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bluebirds15 Store C29 JUDAISM a Quarterly Journal SPRING 1985 ENGLISH VG CONDITION, SOFTCOVER The American Jewish Congress sponsors Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Life and Thought as part of its basic policy to stimulate an informed awareness of Jewish affairs,encourageJewish scholarship and adequate opportunities for Jewish education, and generally foster the affirmation of Jewish religious, cultural and historic identity.Judaism is an open, non-sectarian forum, dedicated to the creative discuss

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Amazon.com Review New York City, the melting pot of the United States, contains the nation's largest West Indian immigrant population. Since the immigration explosion of 1965, the Afro-Caribbean influx has impacted the social dynamic of the United States and its native-born African Americans, often with volatile results. Black Identities, an important sociological work by Mary C. Waters, explores the question, "How similar or different is it to be a black immigrant or descendent of immigrants in Brooklyn in the late twentieth century from what it was like to be an Irish, Italian, or Jewish immigrant in the earlier part of the century?" Waters interviews blacks from Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and other islands and deconstructs the mutual myths, truths, allegiances, and distrusts between these communities and whites (as well as African Americans with deeper family roots in the US). Among the stereotypes Waters addresses, the most dangerous one is the perceived superiority of Afro-Caribbeans to African Americans. She deflates this and other myths with a combination of sharp scholarship and dead-on analysis. --Eugene Holley Jr.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From Library Journal It would be fair to say that most Americans are not aware of the wide variety of ethnicities that exist among the black Caribbeans migrating to this country. Determined to render visible Caribbean immigrants and their families, Waters (sociology, Harvard Univ.) undertook an exhaustive research project. Here she compares Jamaican, Barbadian, Trinidadian, and Guyanese immigrants to their Irish and Italian counterparts of the turn of the last century, and because the issue of race so strongly shapes everyday life for people of color in this society, she examines the relationships between (and differences among) American blacks and black Caribbean immigrants. Drawing from interviews with several generations of immigrants, Waters reports a wide range of discoveries--including her finding that the Caribbean immigrants who resist Americanization are the most likely to succeed. An excellent history and a multifaceted analysis of current immigration issues, this book is recommended for academic and larger public libraries.-Deborah Bigelow, Leonia PL, NJ Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Read the Preface Read a Sample Chapter "Contributes[s] interesting new dimensions to the literature on Jews and blacks in the United States." The Journal of American History "A fascinating text which adds to our understanding of recent Jewish Left and feminist politics and activism" Australian Jewish News, Aug. 2001 "Blending together 15 oral histories and archival research, Schultz shows how northern Jewish women's commitment to social justice - informed in part by living in the shadow of the Holocaust - played out in a time of enormous political, social, and personal upheaval...Sharply observant of her informants' lives, Schultz opens a new window not only into the civil rights movement but also into the sociology of mid-century Jewish-American culture. Her analysis is most impressive at the book's end, when she perceptively describes the protean nature of Jewish identities in the US Such insightful cultural readings and criticism make this a fine contribution to both the literature of the civil rights movement and the field of Jewish studies." --Publishers Weekly "Schultz's book makes a substantial contribution to feminist scholarship, but in the end it is also a call to renewed action - to never forget the sacrifices of previous generations." The Journal of Southern History "A well-written, serious, and important book. I learned a great deal from this interesting and rich study." --Joyce Antler, author of The Journey Home: How Jewish Women Shaped Modern America "Going Southis a heartfelt plea for incorporating women's activism into social movement history." Linn Shapiro,American Jewish History "Going Southis a remarkable book, reflecting the experiences of fifteen women who joined the 1960s civil rights movement showing how and why they got there, what role, if any religion played in their lives, and what happened to them afterwards." Journal of American Studies "The strength of the book is that it is based on interviews; the reader is introduced to each women, her family, the work she performed in the South, the people she met and the difficulties she overcame while there."Jewish Observer Many people today know that the 1964 murder in Mississippi of two Jewish men--Mickey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman--and their Black colleague, James Chaney, marked one of the most wrenching episodes of the civil rights movement. Yet very few realize that Andrew Goodman had been in Mississippi for one day when he was killed; Rita Schwerner, Mickey's wife, had been organizing in Mississippi for six difficult months. Organized around a rich blend of oral histories,Going Southfollowsa group of Jewish women--come of age in the shadow of the Holocaust and deeply committed to social justice--who put their bodies andlives on the line to fight racism. Actively rejecting the post-war idyll of suburban, Jewish, middle-class life, these women were deeply influenced by Jewish notions of morality and social justice. Many thus perceived the call of the movement as positively irresistible. Representing a link between the sensibilities of the early civil rights era and contemporary efforts to move beyond the limits of identity politics, the book provides a resource for all who are interested in anti-racism, the civil rights movement, social justice, Jewish activism and radical women's traditions.