Zion in America Crackling with realism

Crackling with realism

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the book epitomizes the best in German classical scholarship — a brilliant exploration of the archetypes of Western thought

The book alternates light-hearted chapters with serious passages involving history

Zion in America Crackling with realismScholarly yet highly readable, this concise history of the American Jewish experience makes compelling reading. Starting even before the 1654 arrival of the first Jewish immigrants, it profiles the wide ranging Old World origins of the people of the Diaspora, in addition to examining the New World cultures of Jews from Germany and Eastern Europe. The author chronicles the effects of changing political and economic climates on the Jewish community,