About the Author

Maurice Fishberg was a clinical professor of medicine at New York University and a self-trained anthropologist who served as a consultant to the U.S. Bureau of Immigration. William B. Helmreich is a professor of sociology at CUNY Graduate Center and City College. He is working on a book about risk behavior.

Reviews

-The fundamental issue Fishberg implicitly raised in the title of his work remains an open question for Jews and others. What are the Jews? Are they a race? . . . For many Jews, and probably even more non-Jews, the answer to the question 'What are the Jews?' is not at all obvious and certainly not simple. That, perhaps, is what makes Fishberg's work still important, fascinating, and even relevant almost a century after its initial publication.- --Mitchell Hart, AJS Perspectives

"The fundamental issue Fishberg implicitly raised in the title of his work remains an open question for Jews and others. What are the Jews? Are they a race? . . . For many Jews, and probably even more non-Jews, the answer to the question 'What are the Jews?' is not at all obvious and certainly not simple. That, perhaps, is what makes Fishberg's work still important, fascinating, and even relevant almost a century after its initial publication." --Mitchell Hart, AJS Perspectives

"The fundamental issue Fishberg implicitly raised in the title of his work remains an open question for Jews and others. What are the Jews? Are they a race? . . . For many Jews, and probably even more non-Jews, the answer to the question 'What are the Jews?' is not at all obvious and certainly not simple. That, perhaps, is what makes Fishberg's work still important, fascinating, and even relevant almost a century after its initial publication." --Mitchell Hart, "AJS Perspectives"

"The fundamental issue Fishberg implicitly raised in the title of his work remains an open question for Jews and others. What are the Jews? Are they a race? . . . For many Jews, and probably even more non-Jews, the answer to the question 'What are the Jews?' is not at all obvious and certainly not simple. That, perhaps, is what makes Fishberg's work still important, fascinating, and even relevant almost a century after its initial publication."--Mitchell Hart, "AJS Perspectives"