Beschreibung:
Howard W. Polsky is Professor of Social Science and Research, School of Social Work, Columbia University.
How I Am a Jew documents the life-long journey of author Howard Polsky as he struggles to maintain his cultural Jewish heritage in the context of his American homeland.
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 I Cope with Anti-Semitism Chapter 3 The Practical Spirituality of My Ancestors Chapter 4 My Disputatious People Chapter 5 At the Crossroads of My Two Utopias Chapter 6 In Love on a Kibbutz Chapter 7 My Jewish and Non-Jewish Scholarship Chapter 8 How the Crossovers of My Personal and Professional Lives Created an Insufferable Egoist Chapter 9 God, Ritual and Religion Chapter 10 Israel and Me Chapter 11 How the Jewish Joke Bonds Us Together Chapter 12 Am I a Vanishing Jewish-American? Chapter 13 I Convene a Chavurah Chapter 14 Epilogue: I Will Not Be Marching This Time