02350nam 2200589 a 450 991045185700332120200520144314.00-87586-905-X(CKB)2550000000103068(EBL)864146(OCoLC)821198158(SSID)ssj0000739634(PQKBManifestationID)12321959(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739634(PQKBWorkID)10687108(PQKB)11349172(MiAaPQ)EBC864146(Au-PeEL)EBL864146(CaPaEBR)ebr10558440(EXLCZ)99255000000010306820120112d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTrue Jew[electronic resource] challenging the stereotype /Bernard BeckNew York Algora Pub.c20121 online resource (198 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-903-3 Includes bibliographical references.The enigma and the solution -- The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- The bottom line: avoiding the same old same old.This book offers information to everyone who is thinking about the position of Jews in today's world and in history.Throughout most of the Common Era there were two groups of Jews in the world: those who were visible and counted within the community, and those who ""traveled under the radar"". The book is about where they were, why they suddenly reappeared, and what lessons can be learned from their hidden identity and their reappearance.The author also examines contemporary Jews' own varying views of Jewishness and discusses what it means to be a Jew today.JewsIdentityJewsSocial conditionsJewsCultural assimilationJudaismHistoryElectronic books.JewsIdentity.JewsSocial conditions.JewsCultural assimilation.JudaismHistory.909/.04924Beck Bernard1938-874800MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451857003321True Jew1953058UNINA