Am I a Jew?: My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders, the Lapsed and the Lost, in Search of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own), My Roots, and Who Knows, Even Myself - Softcover

Ross, Theodore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142180394 ISBN 13: 9780142180396

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2013

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“I was nine years old when my mother forced me to convert to Christianity….”
 
When Theodore Ross moved from New York City to small-town Mississippi, his mother insisted that the family pretend to not be Jewish. He was sent to an Episcopal school, where he studied the Bible, sang in the choir, and even took communion. As an adult, he abandoned the religious charade, but wondered: Am I a Jew? In search of an answer, Ross immersed himself within communities on the fringes of Jewish identity—“Crypto-Jews,” “Lost Tribes,” the ultra-Orthodox, and more. Filled with humor, curiosity, and sincerity, Am I a Jew? explores America’s riotous religious diversity, and one man’s quest to stake a claim within it.

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Theodore Ross lives with his wife and children in Brooklyn, New York. He is a former editor of Harper’s Magazine, and his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Saveur, and Tin House.

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Am I a Jew? It is an obvious question, but one that even the most sophisticated minds struggle to answer. It's a silly question, except millions have lost their lives, depending on their response. It's a religious question, except when an atheist asks it. There is, admittedly, a certain Hebraic quality in even asking it.

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• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0142180394
• ISBN 13: 9780142180396
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 289
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