Abstract
Despite the survival of Hebrew as a language of prayer, and the pockets of Hebrew and Yiddish readers and speakers that exist in America today, American Jewry is overwhelmingly English-oriented in its cultural endeavors as well as everyday communication. That is one of the measures of American Jewry’s successful integration in American society, and may thus be regarded as one of its achievements. On the debit side, of course, one may bewail the inevitable loss of direct access to the considerable cultural assets brought to the United States by the immigrant generation (or left behind by them in Europe).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 51-82 |
Number of pages | 32 |
Journal | AJS Review |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1992 |