Jewish Americans
I. Banks, James A. 1997. Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies. Allyn and Bacon, Boston; MA.Chapter nine of, Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies covers the ethnic group, Jewish Americans. In the United States at present time there are about 5.5 million Jewish Americans. They comprise about 2.2% of the U. S. population. They are a religious, cultural, and ethnic minority group that originated in Israel. They live in each of the fifty states, and are a very diverse group of people. Jewish Americans have been a part of American history since the days of Columbus. They have contributed significantly in the areas of arts, science, medicine, education, law, and other fields. Some of their contributions have included works by Jewish novelists, playwrights, and critics who write from a Jewish perspective and on Jewish themes. They have played a major role in shaping many fundamental themes and concepts of our culture, such as religious freedom, the achievement of civic equality, and the struggle of a group to maintain it’s ethnic identity while assimilating into the U. S. mainstream. The history of the Jewish peoples spans 4,000 years of Western civilization. In 0 AD, Romans defeated the Jewish state in Pal
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