From Library Journal
This photo essay of 60 Jewish American women of all ages and backgrounds--wealthy, on welfare, orthodox, assimilated, in prison, in banking, in government--forms a tapestry of connections among a most diverse group. Those interviewed include a veterinarian in Montgomery, Alabama, the granddaughter of a black Jewish slave in New York, a Holocaust survivor and her daughter, and a Jew by choice. The authors show how these women balance two competing forces--change and tradition--as they combine feminism with Judaism. Irrespective of their wide cultural, religious, and social differences, they all express an involvement in collective Jewish conscience while at the same time showing that Judaism is not a monolithic structure. The fine photos and evocative text provide an "invisible thread" of its own. Of value to general and special collections.
- Molly Abramowitz, Silver Spring, Md.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Truth Needs No Ally: Inside Photojournalism by Howard Chapnick on page 94, and Back Matter
- A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) by Sylvia Barack Fishman in Back Matter
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