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The Holocaust averted : an alternate history of American Jewry, 1938-1967 /

In The Holocaust Averted, Jeffrey Gurock imagines what might have happened to the Jewish community in the United States if the Holocaust had never occurred and forces readers to contemplate how the road to acceptance and empowerment for today's American Jews could have been harder than it actua...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A world at war, 1938
  • American Jewry in the late 1930s: a respite for an insecure community
  • Conflicting challenges for an America at peace, 1938-1944
  • Without the 'boss': American Jewry's concerns, 1940-1944
  • The Eastern European threat and an end to U.S. isolationism, 1944-1945
  • Divided allegiances: American Jews and Israel, 1944-1950
  • Suburban Jewish cul de sacs, 1950-1960
  • The 1960s and the trials of acceptance for American Jews
  • Unending dilemmas: Israelis, Arabs, the world powers and American Jews
  • Conclusion alternate history and the realities of American Jewish life.