The Americanization Of Shadrach Cohen

The Americanization of Shadrach Cohen is a story by Bruno Lessing in which he contrasts a Jewish father to his two sons. The father holds to his origins and religion, but the sons have entered the modern world of America, and become detached of their origins. They want their father to be “Americanized”, but the father cannot stand the situation any longer, so he rebels. Finally, the father and the sons are all “Americanized”, but they still keep their Jewish identity. Shadrash Cohen, however, does