Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening social achievement.
Irving Howe (1920-1993) is the subject of this biography, which focuses most clearly on his political activities (he was a Democratic Socialist) and the literary criticism for which he is celebrated. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
Amidst mounting anxiety about intermarriage assimilation from Jewish sociologists, denominational officials, and informed observers, author Gerald Sorin argues that the various and often secular activities of Jewish organizational life have meant as much in the formation of the identity of Jewish Americans as have the more religiously tinged ...
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In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture
