The New Jews

James A. Sleeper

1971

A Critique of the Transition: Youth’s Alienation

The American Jewish community is only beginning to come to terms with the meaning of this prostitution of Judaism to the status quo, and it is doing so because of the alienation of the majority of its young people. We have already suggested that their rejection of the Jewish community is less a…

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James A. Sleeper

b. 1947

Born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, political scientist James (also Jim) Sleeper has studied American civic culture and political life for several decades. After earning his doctorate in education at Harvard University in 1977, Sleeper began his career as a professor of urban studies, concentrating specifically on race relations in New York. He currently lectures at Yale University on American identity and the ties between journalism, liberalism, and democracy.

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