Why Be Jewish?: Intermarriage, Assimilation and Alienation [Paperback]

Meir Kahane (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1983

A battle plan for Jews who do not want to disappear.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Stein & Day Pub (May 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812861299
• ISBN-13: 978-0812861297
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,795,112 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Painfully Honest, November 10, 2003

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scott (Jerusalem Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why Be Jewish?: Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation (Hardcover)

The book by Rabbi Kahane was a true eye opener. It had me thinking in ways that I, an American assimilated Jew NEVER thought of.

It is about time that someone spoke up and helped Jews feel proud of how special and unique they are, and how rather then hiding these facts, we should embrace them and honor them.

This book is a masterpiece and I strongly suggest it.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Painful Truth, May 13, 2002

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Adam (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Why Be Jewish?: Intermarriage, Assimilation, and Alienation (Hardcover)

Kahane has, in this one work, described the problem of assimilation in terms that make it easy for anyone to understand. More so, he has expressed quite succinctly why it is a problem.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well-thought out, angry, funny but marred by digression., January 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Why Be Jewish?: Intermarriage, Assimilation and Alienation (Paperback)

Rabbi Kahane fiercely and accurately documents and decries the inability of the American Jewish establishment, and particularly Reform and Conservatism, to instill in young Jews any reason to be Jewish. Kahane states the reason, clearly and to the point. The last portion of the book is, however, marred by angry digressions.