Lila Corwin Berman and Tony Michaels on the Impact of "At Home in America" by Deborah Dash Moore

Lila Corwin Berman and Tony Michaels, American Jewish History

Thirty-five years ago, Deborah Dash Moore published "At Home in America," her groundbreaking look at how the children of immigrants blended elements of Jewish and American culture into a vibrant urban society. The most recent issue of the journal American Jewish History took a look at the impact of Moore's book. Lila Corwin Berman and Tony Michaels, guest editors of the issue, joined us to talk about the project.

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