Why read Black Power, Jewish Politics?

Book cover of Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s

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In this provocative critique, Marc Dollinger charts the transformation of American Jewish political culture from the Cold War liberal consensus of the early postwar years to the rise and influence of Black Power-inspired ethnic nationalism. He shows how, in a period best known for the rise of black anti-Semitism and…

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1 author picked Black Power, Jewish Politics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Cheryl Lynn Greenberg

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There are many wonderful, useful and thoughtful books on the subject from local studies to broader political and philosophical overviews, and while I wish I could recommend them all, I want to highlight Marc Dollinger’s book because he turns so many widely held beliefs on their heads.

He argues that far from alienating Jewish allies, Black Power actually animated them and spurred them to rethink “Jewish Power,” revitalizing Jewish political action within a civil rights context.

If there has been a divide between African American and (white) Jewish American leaders or agendas, it has at least partly been caused by…

From Cheryl's list on Black-Jewish relations.