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Book Summary
"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
ISBN-13
9780142180396
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Plume Books
Publishing Date
2013-08-27
Total Pages
288
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
"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