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Jewish Organisations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy.

Publication: American Jewish History
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jewish Organisations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Jewish Organisations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy. By Aviva Weingarten. London, England and Portland, Oregon: Vallentine Mitchell in association with the European Jewish Publications Society, 2008. x + 164 pp.

This fascinating book about Jews and Jewish organizations' responses to McCarthyism and communism offers a discerning look at how one minority group strove to define itself during the early years of the Cold War. The specter of antisemitism had greatly diminished following World War II, which was allowing Jews greater opportunities for upward socioeconomic mobility and to enter spheres that had previously been closed to them. Yet, many Jews were fearful that a situation might again arise that would cause antisemitism to reveal its ugly head. Author Aviva Weingarten effectively shows how Jews and major Jewish organizations sought to remain true to their ideologies while at the same time avoiding taking...

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