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What did the call to Americanize mean to Jewish immigrants? That theme runs through this seminar will emphasize Eastern European Jews as well as such topics as the conditions that prompted the mass migration, the immigrants' early reactions to life in American cities, Jewish workers and trade unions, Jews in the Socialist and Communist parties, relations between the new immigrants and Jews already established here, the reconstruction of Judaism, the history of anti-Semitism, Jews in the motion-picture industry and sports, Jewish responses to Nazism, the rise of Zionism, social mobility, relations between American Jews and Israelis, and post-1967 Jewish politics.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST Grading Mode: Student Option
Prerequisites: NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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