The Jewish Americans

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: 23, 2008

The chronicle of the Jewish American experience concludes with the years following World War II, from the crowning of Bess Myerson as Miss America (the first Jewish woman to win the competition) in 1945 to Matisyahu, a Hasidic Jew rap artist. Included: support for the creation of Israel; the success of Jewish comedians on TV during the 1950s; the involvement of Jews in the civil-rights movement of the 1960s; the ordination of women rabbis in the 1970s.