Am I a Jew?
My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders, the Lapsed and the Lost, in Search of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own), My Roots, and Who Knows, Even Myself
Published on 27. August 2013
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Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-14-218039-6 (ISBN)
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"I was nine years old when my mother forced me to convert to Christianity…."
When Theodore Ross moved from New York City to small-town Mississippi, his mother insisted that the family pretend to not be Jewish. He was sent to an Episcopal school, where he studied the Bible, sang in the choir, and even took communion. As an adult, he abandoned the religious charade, but wondered: Am I a Jew? In search of an answer, Ross immersed himself within communities on the fringes of Jewish identity-"Crypto-Jews," "Lost Tribes," the ultra-Orthodox, and more. Filled with humor, curiosity, and sincerity, Am I a Jew? explores America's riotous religious diversity, and one man's quest to stake a claim within it.
When Theodore Ross moved from New York City to small-town Mississippi, his mother insisted that the family pretend to not be Jewish. He was sent to an Episcopal school, where he studied the Bible, sang in the choir, and even took communion. As an adult, he abandoned the religious charade, but wondered: Am I a Jew? In search of an answer, Ross immersed himself within communities on the fringes of Jewish identity-"Crypto-Jews," "Lost Tribes," the ultra-Orthodox, and more. Filled with humor, curiosity, and sincerity, Am I a Jew? explores America's riotous religious diversity, and one man's quest to stake a claim within it.
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Language
English
Place of publication
India
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-218039-6 (9780142180396)
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Theodore Ross
Am I a Jew?
My Journey Among the Believers and Pretenders, the Lapsed and the Lost, in Search of Faith (Not Necessarily My Own), My Roots, and Who Knows, Even Myself
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Theodore Ross lives with his wife and children in Brooklyn, New York. He is a former editor of Harper’s Magazine, and his writing has also appeared in the New York Times, Saveur, and Tin House.