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Louis Brandeis Slept Here: A Slightly Cynical History of American Jews
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by David Gleicher
Sales Rank: 384501
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Cover Type: Paperback with 144 pages
Published by: Gefen Publishing House, Ltd September 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 9652291676
ISBN 13 Number: 978-9652291677
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
From Library Journal
Gleicher, a lawyer and part-time historian living near Chicago, takes the reader on a sometimes serious, sometimes comical romp through the American Jewish experience. In topical chapters arranged in roughly chronological order, Gleicher describes the major events and personalities that shaped American Jewish history, and he ends with a provocative analysis of future challenges facing American Jews. Although some readers will not agree with all his assessments and conclusions, Gleicher is usually fair. For example, although he himself is Orthodox, he admires Isaac Mayer Wise and is hopeful for the future of Reform Judaism. Primarily directed at Jewish lay readers, his book will still be of interest to non-Jewish readers?though they may not get all his jokes. Enjoyable reading; recommended for a wide audience.?Frederic Krome, Northern Kentucky Univ., Highland Hts.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
An often wise and always wisecracking popular review of American Jewish history. This highly subjective and discursive history is everywhere personal and opinionated. Gleicher--an observant Jew, Chicago lawyer, and son of Holocaust survivors--sees Reform Judaism as a doomed, assimilationist aberration; gives lawyers from Brandeis to Dershowitz extra attention; vilifies past American Jewish leaders for not doing enough during the Holocaust; and credits Holocaust survivors with rescuing traditional Judaism. The outline of American Jewish history is thorough if terse, and often straightforward and serious. But Gleicher can't resist gags, even adding humorous footnotes to some passages. One such note ``exposes'' Marranos for giving a pledge during a church appeal, and another suggests that synagogue sisterhoods could sell tickets to brawls between rabbis and their congregants and turn the fights into huge fundraisers. There are many delicious ironies and hypocrisies noted here, and Gleicher's eye for anti-Semitism--on the part of Jews as well as gentiles--adds much that is missing in more serious histories of American Jewry. But other all-too-candid remarks about black-Jewish and Jewish-gentile relations might better have been left out. The chauvinism is leavened by the use of humor and first-person pronouns; but it is still sufficiently apparent to limit Gleicher's potential audience to right-wing traditional Jews like himself. Introducing his bibliography, Gleicher closes with a final crack: ``This book is a survey, not a detailed text. Therefore it is my responsibility to direct you to further readings . . . from where I derived all my facts, figures, and biased opinions.'' Professor Graetz meets Jackie Mason in this easy-reading American Jewish history with plenty of facts, insights, chutzpah, and shtick. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Reader Reviews
A breezy, entertaining history which will be added to my list of standard Bar and Bat Mitzvah gifts. I would ask the author, however, to delete the poor-taste NJ joke, which has caused me to think twice about sending the book to residents of that beautiful state in which I grew up. There is no excuse and you risk offending one of the largest, most vibrant, committed to tradition, communities in the country. I am NOT without a sense of humor and enjoyed your other remarks tremendously.
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