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Jews in the Psyche of America


(Jewish Political Studies Review) Steven Windmueller - Just as American society has embraced Jews, American Jewry has fully identified with this nation's core values, thereby creating a unique and significant relationship. The American Jewish story must be viewed within the frame of this country's commitment to cultural diversity and religious pluralism. In order to sustain these ideals, the U.S. established a legal framework which embodied them. In the process of the growing American Jewish experience, Jews have become an essential and highly visible element within the structure and culture of this society. The writer is dean of the Los Angeles campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
2009-12-04 08:00:15
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