2nd Edition

Confessions of a Secular Jew A Memoir

By Eugene Goodheart Copyright 2005
286 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

What it means to be a Jew lies at the very heart of Confessions of a Secular Jew, a provocative memoir and a thoughtful speculation on the nature of Jewish identity and experience in an increasingly secular world.The legacy bequeathed to Eugene Goodheart was a "progressive" secular Yiddish education which identified Jewish struggles against oppression with working class struggles against... Read more
Introduction 1. Coming of Age in Brooklyn 2. Higher Education 3. Innocent Abroad 4. Teacher in America 5. On the One Hand 6. Heavy Breathing 7. Mother Right 8. A Question of Identity

Biography

Eugene Goodheart is Edytha Macy Gross Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Brandeis University. His books include Mostly Grave Thoughts and Holding the Center.