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Harmony and Dissonance
Voices of Jewish Identity in Detroit, 1914-1967

Sidney M. Bolkosky 		Organized chronologically, Harmony and Dissonance examines the historically shifting dynamics among Jewish groups and individuals, addressing such controversial topics as assimilation, intermarriage, religious conflicts, anti-Semitism, and East European versus German Jewish identities. In pursuing the central thesis of the problematic search for Jewish identity, which runs throughout the book and ties the work together, the author has also explored the multifaceted nature of the Jewish population of Detroit, its landmanshaften, German Jews, "establishment" organizations and their antagonists, cultural forces, and numerous Yiddish groups. This focus on identity is sharpened as the author perceives two events increasingly directing Jewish life and thought—the Holocaust and its aftermath and the founding of the state of Israel. "A fascinating survey of the unique, productive, and often contentious Jewish community of Detroit."—Melvin Small, Wayne State University
 

(OUT OF PRINT) ISBN 0-8143-1933-5

544 pages / 7 x 10
191 b&w photographs

1991