American Jewish Philanthropic Complex - The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution

The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalismFor years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending from the local to the global, the Jewish to the non-Jewish, and modest donations to vast

About the author

Lila Corwin Berman is the Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History at Temple University, where she directs the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. She is author of Metropolitan Jews: Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit and Speaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity.

Summary

The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalismFor years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending from the local to the global, the Jewish to the non-Jewish, and modest donations to vast

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"In the meticulously researched work, Berman — a professor of American Jewish history at Temple University — traces the history and the transformation of the extensive network of Jewish charitable organizations, exploring how they developed over time, and how that evolution was inextricably interconnected to both changing U.S. tax law and growing capitalistic sentiments."

Product details

• Authors: Lila Corwin Berman, Lila Corwin Berman Berman
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780691170732
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17073-2
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy