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Book SynopsisThrough a collection of essays by scholars and activists, this text examines multiculturalism within and beyond the Jewish community. It looks at such issues as: what is multiculturalism to Jews? How have tensions between Jews and Blacks developed? How can synagogues reach gays and lesbians?
Table of ContentsMulticulturalism, Jews, and democracy : situating the discussion / Marla Brettschneider
Challenges of difference at Bridges / Clare Kinberg
Beyond the taboo : talking about class / Felice Yeskel
Klal Israel : lesbians and gays in the Jewish community / Bob Goldfarb
Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Quebecois : Jewish politics in multicultural Canada / Rebecca Posner
Toward a multicultural politics : a Jewish feminist perspective / Martha Ackelsberg
Stayed on freedom : Jew in the Civil Rights Movement and after / Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
Black, white, and red: Jewish and African Americans in the Communist Party / Gerald Horne
Pioneers in dialogue : Jews building bridges / Reena Bernards
Of Haiti and horseradish / Toba Spitzer
Jews and the multicultural university curriculum / Evelyn Torton Beck
Jews and African Americans as cotrainers in antiracism and antioppression education / Naomi Nim
Making room for Jews in multicultural public school education / Leora Saposnik, Ellen Osterhaus
The tree of knowledge and the tree of life / Jonathan Boyarin
Hearing the call : solidarity with Ethiopian Jews / Ephraim Isaac
Voices from the field : multiculturalism as experienced in Jewish social service agencies / Nora Gold
Facilitating multicultural progress : community economic development and the American Jewish community / Jeffrey Dekro
What does it mean to be an "American"? / Michael Walzer
