{"product_id":"world-of-our-fathers-the-journey-of-the-east-european-jews-to-america-and-the-life-they-found-and-made","title":"World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Irving Howe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew York University Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e768 pages, 7 x 10 in\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9780394536460 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld of Our Fathers\u003c\/em\u003e traces the journeys of Eastern Europe’s Jews to America over four decades. Beginning in the 1880s, it offers a rich portrayal of the East European Jewish experience in New York, and shows how the immigrant generation tried to maintain their Yiddish culture while becoming American. It is essential reading for those interested in understanding why these forebears to many of today’s American Jews made the decision to leave their homelands, the challenges these new Jewish Americans faced, and how they experienced every aspect of immigrant life in the early part of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis invaluable contribution to Jewish literature and culture is now back in print in a paperback edition, which includes a foreword by the noted author and literary critic Morris Dickstein.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note this book has limited availability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItems ship in 3-5 business days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YIVO Institute for Jewish Research","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48542100750554,"sku":null,"price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/4587\/3370\/files\/images-1.jpg?v=1788371871","url":"https:\/\/yivo-institute.myshopify.com\/products\/world-of-our-fathers-the-journey-of-the-east-european-jews-to-america-and-the-life-they-found-and-made","provider":"YIVO Institute for Jewish Research","version":"1.0","type":"link"}