Lest Memory Cease : Finding Meaning in the

In this groundbreaking study, Henry L. Feingold--one of the most prominent historians today--examines the special challenges facing American Jews. The twin processes of American acculturation and secularization have acted like a powerful whirlpool, pulling them away from their inherent sense of separateness as Jews. They became Americans.

Henry L. Feingold is professor emeritus of history at Baruch College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York.

Introduction	p. 1
History
Jewish Survival in America	p. 23
Jewish Exceptionalism	p. 34
Jewish Refugeeism	p. 53
Anti-Semitism
Studying the Problem	p. 71
The Struggle for Middle-Class Status and Acceptance at Harvard	p. 87
Political Culture
Sources of Jewish Liberalism	p. 109
The Changing Liberalism of American Jewry	p. 117
The Jewish Vision of American Liberalism	p. 135
Secularism
The Secular Mindset	p. 141
Judaism and Jewishness	p. 148
The Charge of Rootless Cosmopolitan	p. 162
Can Secular Judaism Survive in America?	p. 173
Jewry and America's Hard Secularism	p. 179
Notes	p. 197
Selected Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 217
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Lest Memory Cease : Finding Meaning in the American Jewish Past

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