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American Jewry's Challenge: Conversations Confronting the Twenty-first Century
American Jewry's Challenge Conversations Confronting the Twentyfirst Century Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld Watershed events including the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, September 11, 2001 and the Iraq war have created important new challenges for American Jewry. The introductory essay and interviews with 17 prominent American Jews explore these. Major elements of American Jewry's changing mind-set relate to Israel. Others concern attitudes towa... more »rd Evangelical Christians and Muslims as well as increased anxiety about anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. These, mainly political, challenges are superimposed on the structural problems of American Jewry.« less