Assimilation and Its Discontents

by Barry Rubin

The author of Revolution Until Victory explores the diverse ways in which Jews have changed themselves to become part of modern society and, at the same time, influenced those societies they entered, in a study of the unique character of Jewish identity. 15,000 first printing.

333 pages, Hardcover

First published April 18, 1995

About the author

Barry Rubin is an American-born Israeli expert on terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs.

Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA), and a professor at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel. He is also editor of the journal 'Turkish Studies'.

Reviews

[Zafar Ahamed]

An excellent and easy read about modern Jewish history with great case studies of the catch 22 that faces minority groups: willfully assimilate and become a sellout, despised by kin and country, or resist and face isolation and discrimination?

[Jeremy]

A complex but important book on Jewish assimilation. Erudite and well argued, but not the easiest read. Nevertheless it was well worth the effort as the author makes many things clear which I have never read elsewhere. Although written in the 1990s it is still remarkably prescient

[Craig Bolton]

Assimilation and Its Discontents by Barry Rubin (1995)