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Jews and Gentiles in Early America: 1654–1800 (review)

Jews and Gentiles in Early America: 1654–1800 (review) which Pinto and others see as symptomatic of a growing acceptance of Jews, represents anything more than the commercialization and marketing of exotic cultural forms to a largely non-Jewish audience. Finally, one wonders whether the authors' constant emphasis upon the variety of forms and ever-changing nature of European Jewish identity, and their recurrent need to demonstrate that the seeming weaknesses of European Jewish life are actually its strengths, mask an inability or an unwillingness to recognize the significant challenges and obstacles facing the various communities as they attempt to ensure their future. Despite these failings, Turning the Kaleidoscope is a valuable contribution to the study of postwar Jewish life. In attempting to reverse popular misperceptions about the fate of continental Jewry after World War II, it enables readers to hear "voices" that have been ignored for too long. David Weinberg Wayne State University Jews and Gentiles in Early America: 1654­1800, by William Pencak. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 321 pp. $29.95. Jews and Gentiles in Early America fills an important gap in the scholarship on American Jewish history and the history of early America. It offers a community-by-community analysis of how Jews, a numerically insignificant but http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

Jews and Gentiles in Early America: 1654–1800 (review)

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which Pinto and others see as symptomatic of a growing acceptance of Jews, represents anything more than the commercialization and marketing of exotic cultural forms to a largely non-Jewish audience. Finally, one wonders whether the authors' constant emphasis upon the variety of forms and ever-changing nature of European Jewish identity, and their recurrent need to demonstrate that the seeming weaknesses of European Jewish life are actually its strengths, mask an inability or an unwillingness to recognize the significant challenges and obstacles facing the various communities as they attempt to ensure their future. Despite these failings, Turning the Kaleidoscope is a valuable contribution to the study of postwar Jewish life. In attempting to reverse popular misperceptions about the fate of continental Jewry after World War II, it enables readers to hear "voices" that have been ignored for too long. David Weinberg Wayne State University Jews and Gentiles in Early America: 1654­1800, by William Pencak. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005. 321 pp. $29.95. Jews and Gentiles in Early America fills an important gap in the scholarship on American Jewish history and the history of early America. It offers a community-by-community analysis of how Jews, a numerically insignificant but

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