World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made by Irving Howe Yiddish Learning and verbal dexterity

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World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made by Irving Howe Yiddish Learning and verbal dexterityA classic exploration of the American Jewish experience by one of our greatest twentieth century intellectualsWinner of the National Book AwardWorld of Our Fathers 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