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Author Ribak, Gil.

Title Gentile New York : the images of non-Jews among Jewish immigrants / Gil Ribak.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The very question of & ldquo;what do Jews think about the goyim & rdquo; has fascinated Jews and Gentiles, anti-Semites and philo-Semites alike. MThis critical look at the origins of Jewish liberalism in America provides a more complicated and nuanced picture of the Americanization process. Gentile New York examines these newcomers & rsquo; evolving feelings toward non-Jews through four critical decades in the American Jewish experience. Gil Ribak considers how they perceived Gentiles in general as well as such different groups as & ldquo;Yankees & rdquo; (a common term in many Yiddish sources), Germ.
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Subject Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Attitudes.
Jews.
New York (State) -- New York.
Gentiles -- Public opinion.
Gentiles.
Public opinion.
Public opinion -- New York (State) -- New York.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Attitudes.
Immigrants.
Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations.
National Book Committee.
Ethnic relations.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Title Images of non-Jews among Jewish immigrants
Other Form: Print version: Ribak, Gil. Gentile New York. New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2012 9780813551647 (DLC) 2011010860 (OCoLC)707842661
ISBN 0813552192 (electronic book)
9780813552194 (electronic book)
9780813551647 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0813551641 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)