Jew Vs. Jew The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry

"Freedman demonstrates novelistic gifts of his own in recounting how a resurgent piety has taken hold of American Jewry--he can make a zoning dispute in Beachwood, Ohio as suspenseful as a thriller. Because his technique is heavily biographical, a this-is-your-life immediacy animates Freedman's portraits of Jews, particularly those confronted by the imperatives of faith. Yet so scrupulous and judicious is the ringside commentary in JEW VS. JEW that it is difficult to determine where the author himself stands. This is an impressive book, and--for anyone who hopes for the undiminished creativity of this American minority--a disturbing one.Freedman, Samuel G. is the author of 'Jew Vs. Jew The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry', published 2001 under ISBN 9780684859453 and ISBN 0684859459.