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A 6 page paper which examines why, according to Dershowitz, anti-Semitism is no longer a serious problem for the American Jew, and also considers the issues addressed in the contemporary Jewish feminist revolution, and evaluate its successes and failures, according to Pogrebin. No additional sources are used.
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and evaluate its successes and failures, according to Pogrebin. No additional sources are used. TGjewish.rtf What It Means to Be Jewish in America by Tracy
Gregory, September 2001 -- properly! The concept of what it means to be Jewish in America has undergone
an astonishing transformation during the waning years of the twentieth century, at least in the opinion of famed defense attorney and Harvard University professor Alan M. Dershowitz, who considered the
disintegration of religious obstacles in his 1991 book, The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity For the Next Century. Dershowitz, certainly no stranger to controversy, makes the
claim that anti-Semitism is no longer a serious problem for the American Jew because the barriers which had existed both professionally and socially have become, largely, a thing of the
past. For example, Dershowitz observed how, thirty-five years ago, in his own legal profession, "Religion was the dominant factor in law firms hiring decisions. Today, it is not
even a consideration" (95). Anti-Semitism has lost much of its power because the modern-day Jew has made considerable inroads within the American social mainstream, not the least of which has
been in terms of marrying outside of his religious faith, something Dershowitzs own son, Jamin, had done by marrying a Roman Catholic girl. The younger generation also maintains fewer
ties with the synagogue than their parents and grandparents did, so, therefore, the Jewish people, according to Dershowitz, have become nearly indistinguishable in contemporary American society. They have become,
essentially, just like everybody else. Dershowitz claims that, in an ironic sort of way, anti-Semitism was, historically, a unifying factor. He notes, "We saw ourselves as having a
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