Jewish Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576073148)

This handbook addresses how the Jewish American community emerged from obscurity to play a role in behind-the-scenes power politics and finally appeared center stage.

Jewish Americans and Political Participation explores the rise of the Jewish people from hardscrabble immigrants to the highest echelons of political power. The book provides an overview of American Jewish life, including the impact of immigration, domestic antisemitism, the Holocaust, and U.S-Israel relations. A chapter is devoted to protest politics, covering such events as President Grant's Order #11 (expulsion edict), tenants and shirtwaist-makers strikes, the 1943 rabbis march on Washington, and Jewish responses to the Rosenberg case.

The book also covers participation in social movements such as abolition, Jewish defense organizations, and the New Left. A chapter is devoted to Jewish participation in electoral politics, from Jewish interest in early socialism to Jewish advisers and the emergence of Jewish conservatism. There are also biographies of Jewish American officials and political officeholders.

Author: Rafael Medoff
ISBN-10: 1576073149
ISBN-13: 9781576073148
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 08/29/2002
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 9.33h x 6.31w x 1.32d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2002 pg. 780
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2003 pg. 79
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 148