{"product_id":"the-american-jewish-philanthropic-complex-the-history-of-a-multibillion-dollar-institution-paperback","title":"The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLila Corwin Berman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending from the local to the global, the Jewish to the non-Jewish, and modest donations to vast endowments. Yet, as Lila Corwin Berman illuminates in \u003ci\u003eThe American Jewish Philanthropic Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, the history of American Jewish philanthropy reveals the far more complicated reality of changing and uneasy relationships among philanthropy, democracy, and capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a fresh eye and lucid prose, and relying on previously untapped sources, Berman shows that from its nineteenth-century roots to its apex in the late twentieth century, the American Jewish philanthropic complex tied Jewish institutions to the American state. The government's regulatory efforts--most importantly, tax policies--situated philanthropy at the core of its experiments to maintain the public good without trammeling on the private freedoms of individuals. Jewish philanthropic institutions and leaders gained financial strength, political influence, and state protections within this framework. However, over time, the vast inequalities in resource distribution that marked American state policy became inseparable from philanthropic practice. By the turn of the millennium, Jewish philanthropic institutions reflected the state's growing investment in capitalism against democratic interests. But well before that, Jewish philanthropy had already entered into a tight relationship with the governing forces of American life, reinforcing and even transforming the nation's laws and policies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Jewish Philanthropic Complex\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers how capitalism and private interests came to command authority over the public good, in Jewish life and beyond.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLila Corwin Berman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History at Temple University, where she directs the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. She is author of \u003ci\u003eMetropolitan Jews: Politics, Race, and Religion in Postwar Detroit \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Jews: Rabbis, Intellectuals, and the Creation of an American Public Identity\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 6.06 x 9.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68004004036760,"sku":"9780691242118","price":73.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/0ebJWyAm-V9780691242118.webp?v=1794675046","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/the-american-jewish-philanthropic-complex-the-history-of-a-multibillion-dollar-institution-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}