суббота, 25 мая 2013 г.
Исследователь вклада евреев в американское искусство М. Александер
BY THE 1920s a new generation of Jewish children had grown up in America. Many
had migrated from Eastern Europe in the great transatlantic waves of 1882, 1891,
1904, and after. Others, though born in the United States, had immigrant
parents. Either way, their fathers and mothers had suffered hunger, humiliation,
and pogroms in Europe, but this was not the children's experience. Generally
they went to American public schools and colleges, found white-collar jobs,
escaped the urban ghettos of first settlement for greener places, and entered
the middle class. Along the way they built Jewish neighborhoods with their own
religious schools and community centers. They established thriving Jewish
businesses and even entire industries. They formed a tangible voting block and
helped shape public opinion and policy. They also contributed substantially to
American cultural production, from popular entertainment to academia. In short,
these children were making it in America. Moreso, they were participating in a
host society as their ancestors in Galicia, Romania, or the Russian Pale never
had.
Jazz Age Jews
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