Real Americans: The Evolving Identities of American Jews by JHVC 5 films

"Real Americans" explores what it means to be an American Jew, illuminating the ongoing encounter of traditional Jewish values and mainstream American society. The films of "Real Americans" document the culture clash between the old country and the new, as, over the last century, Jewish Americans have become one of the most successfully integrated immigrant cultures in the nation.

This list is drawn from a Jewish Heritage Video Collection course created by Sylvia Barack Fishman. For the full course and discussion visit http://www.jhvc.org/courses/index.php?url=real.html.

Sylvia Barack Fishman is assistant professor of contemporary Jewish life in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and director publications at the Cohen Center Modern Jewish Studies. Her most recent books are A Breath of Life: Feminism in the American Jewish Community and Follow My Footprints: Changing Images of Women in American Jewish Fiction.

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