Press, Party, and Presidency

History

Rubin, Richard L.

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Examines the relationships among the mass media, political parties, and presidential elections, noting the media's effects both on a candidate's success and his actions in office

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

W.W.Norton&Company

YOUR 1983/84 GUIDE TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS answers the questions most often asked about Social Security. All the changes in the law through January 1, 1984 are fully covered in this expanded edition.What the critics said about the original edition:This is a goldmine of useful information and can save you hours of.frustration and perhaps untold hundreds of dollars in benefits. Essex JournalDown-to-earth language about problems and situations that concern you... New Orleans Times PicayuneUntil Congress amends the Social Security System, this 186-page book can answer just about any question that might come up. Houston Business JournalRefreshingly informal, yet amazingly informative.... Athens Banner HeraldThis invaluable updated guide can mean thousands of dollars to you and your family right now. Remember, it's not enough simply to be eligible for benefits. You must know how to apply for them. YOUR 1983/84 GUIDE TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS not only tells you what you are entitled to, but how to qualify, whom you should contact and what questions to ask.

Your 1983/84 guide to social security benefits

Facts on File Publications

In a 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island, President George Washington promised that America’s Jews would always enjoy the full rights, privileges, and protections of U.S. citizenship. Since that auspicious beginning, Jews have flourished in America as they have nowhere else in the modern world. The last half-century in particular has been a kind of “Golden Age” for American Jews, during which they have achieved unprecedented levels of social acceptance, professional success, and political and cultural influence. But has all that come at the expense of Jewish distinctiveness? Many Jewish leaders today would answer yes. They point to declining religious observance and rising rates of intermarriage as evidence that Jewish Americans are losing a sense of themselves as Jews, and that they are no longer passing on a sense of Jewish identity to their children and grandchildren. But in Jewish in America: Living George Washington’s Promise, Richard L. Rubin offers a less pessimistic view. Though it is true, he writes, that the majority of Jews in our country have been in some sense “Americanized,” they continue to be shaped by Jewish history, culture, and religion in ways that affect everything from their social attitudes to their child-rearing methods to their voting patterns. Moreover, as products of a “fusion” between uniquely American values and characteristically Jewish ones, they are distinct not only from non-Jewish Americans but from Jews in other lands. It is this “hybrid” Jewish identity that they must continue to cultivate, and bequeath to future generations. Delving deep into Jewish history and drawing on the latest social-science research, Rubin provides answers to many intriguing questions. For instance: Why have Jews fully embraced, as few Gentiles have, the Protestant ideals of pluralism and tolerance woven into our Constitution? How did the Jewish experience of oppression, persecution and genocide lead to the disproportionate involvement of American Jews in the civil rights movement and other socially liberal causes? What accounts for Jewish prominence in academia, business, the medical and legal professions, the arts, and other fields—and what can this teach non-Jewish Americans, especially those from historically marginalized groups? But Jewish in America doesn’t ignore the situation of Jews elsewhere in the world—such as in France, where anti-Semitic terrorism is on the rise, and in perpetually embattled Israel. What responsibility, Rubin asks, do American Jews bear toward their brethren abroad? Is it time for Jews to leave Europe? And finally, does America have a claim equal to Israel’s as a Jewish “promised land” and place of refuge? Insightful and original, Jewish in America will challenge readers to see Jewish Americans as distinctively Jewish and distinctively American, possessing an identity that reflects both their ancient heritage and their adoptive nation.

Jewish in America: Living George Washington's Promise

World

Park International Publishing

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