German Jews A Dual Identity Author:Paul Mendes-Flohr Through the prism of German Jewry, this thought-provoking book explores the uniquely modern condition of living with multiple cultural identities. German Jews assimilated the cultural values of Germany but were not themselves assimilated into German society, Paul Mendes-Flohr contends. No longer unambiguously Jewish, they faced the pain of fract... more »ured identity and divided cultural loyalty.« less