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The Politics of Nonassimilation - The American Jewish Left in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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The Politics of Nonassimilation - The American Jewish Left in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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Over the course of the twentieth century, Eastern European Jews in
the United States developed a left-wing political tradition. Their
political preferences went against a fairly broad correlation
between upward mobility and increased conservatism or Republican
partisanship. Many scholars have sought to explain this phenomenon
by invoking antisemitism, an early working-class experience, or a
desire to integrate into a universal social order. In this original
study, David Verbeeten instead focuses on the ways in which
left-wing ideologies and movements helped to mediate and preserve
Jewish identity in the context of modern tendencies toward
bourgeois assimilation and ethnic dissolution. Verbeeten pursues
this line of inquiry through case studies that highlight the
political activities and aspirations of three "generations" of
American Jews. The life of Alexander Bittelman provides a lens to
examine the first generation. Born in Ukraine in 1892, Bittelman
moved to New York City in 1912 and went on to become a founder of
the American Communist Party after World War I. Verbeeten explores
the second generation by way of the American Jewish Congress, which
came together in 1918 and launched significant campaigns against
discrimination within civil society before, during, and especially
after World War II. Finally, he considers the third generation in
relation to the activist group New Jewish Agenda, which operated
from 1980 to 1992 and was known for its advocacy of progressive
causes and its criticism of particular Israeli governments and
policies. By focusing on individuals and organizations that have
not previously been subjects of extensive investigation, Verbeeten
contributes original research to the fields of American, Jewish,
intellectual, and radical history. His insightful study will appeal
to specialists and general readers interested in those areas.
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