Jewish Life And American Culture
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Author |
: Sylvia Barack Fishman |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2012-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780791492741 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0791492745 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jewish Life and American Culture by : Sylvia Barack Fishman
Jews in the United States are uniquely American in their connections to Jewish religion and ethnicity. Sylvia Barack Fishman in her groundbreaking book, Jewish Life and American Culture, shows that contemporary Jews have created a hybrid new form of Judaism, merging American values and behaviors with those from historical Jewish traditions. Fishman introduces a new concept called coalescence, an adaptation technique through which Jews merge American and Jewish elements. Analyzing the increasingly permeable boundaries in the ethnic identity construction of Jewish and non-Jewish Americans, she suggests that during the process of coalescence, Jews combine the texts of American and Jewish cultures, losing track of their dissonance and perceiving them as a unified Jewish whole. The author generates data from diverse sources in the social sciences and humanities, including the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey and other statistical studies, interviews and focus groups, popular and material culture, literature and film, to demonstrate the pervasiveness of coalescence. The book pays special attention to gender issues and the relationship of women to their Jewish and American identities. A blend of lively narrative and scholarly detail, this book includes useful tables, accessible figures and models, and fascinating illustrations which present the educational, occupational, and behavioral patterns of American Jews, organizational profiles, family formation, religious observance, and the impact of Jewish education.
Author |
: Stephen J. Whitfield |
Publisher |
: UPNE |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1584651717 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781584651710 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis In Search of American Jewish Culture by : Stephen J. Whitfield
A leading cultural historian explores the complex interactions of Jewish and American cultures.
Author |
: Jonathan D. Sarna |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 558 |
Release |
: 2019-06-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300190397 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300190395 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Judaism by : Jonathan D. Sarna
Jonathan D. Sarna's award-winning American Judaism is now available in an updated and revised edition that summarizes recent scholarship and takes into account important historical, cultural, and political developments in American Judaism over the past fifteen years. Praise for the first edition: "Sarna . . . has written the first systematic, comprehensive, and coherent history of Judaism in America; one so well executed, it is likely to set the standard for the next fifty years."--Jacob Neusner, Jerusalem Post "A masterful overview."--Jeffrey S. Gurock, American Historical Review "This book is destined to be the new classic of American Jewish history."--Norman H. Finkelstein, Jewish Book World Winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award/Jewish Book of the Year
Author |
: Jack Wertheimer |
Publisher |
: UPNE |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1584656700 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781584656708 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Imagining the American Jewish Community by : Jack Wertheimer
A lively collection of sixteen essays on the many ways American Jews have imagined and constructed communities
Author |
: Abraham Gordon Duker |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 1950 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:13568874 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Emerging Culture Patterns in American Jewish Life by : Abraham Gordon Duker
Author |
: Jeffrey S. Gurock |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 398 |
Release |
: 2013-10-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136675003 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136675000 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Jewish Life, 1920-1990 by : Jeffrey S. Gurock
This volume contains articles on Jewish life from 1920 to the present. Its entries include studies of the economy and migration in postwar America, the impact of Holocaust survivors on American Society and the reaction to gender stereotypes within American Culture.
Author |
: Jenna Weissman Joselit |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 2002-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0805070028 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780805070026 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wonders of America by : Jenna Weissman Joselit
The selective relish with which most American Jews affirm their identity -- consuming kosher delicacies once a year, extravagantly celebrating the bar mitzvahs of their sons and the weddings of their daughters -- has usually given rise to satire or consternation. The Wonders of America offers an alternative perspective, for this pioneering social history of Jewish culture highlights the cultural ingenuity and adaptive genius of American Jewish life. Drawing on advertisements, etiquette manuals, sermons, and surveys, Jenna Weissman Joselit constructs a lively and humorous account of how three generations of American Jews created their distinctive American culture. This provocative, enlightening study describes the forging of a rich and exuberant modern Jewish identity and makes it clear that it is not the theoretical debates of rabbis and scholars but the small choices of daily life that shape and sustain a culture
Author |
: Alan M. Dershowitz |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 1998-09-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780684848983 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0684848988 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Vanishing American Jew by : Alan M. Dershowitz
Explores the meaning of Jewishness in light of the increasing assimilation of America's Jews and suggests ways to preserve Jewish identity.
Author |
: Vincent Brook |
Publisher |
: Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages |
: 351 |
Release |
: 2006-07-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813539966 |
ISBN-13 |
: 081353996X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis 'You Should See Yourself' by : Vincent Brook
The past few decades have seen a remarkable surge in Jewish influences on American culture. Entertainers and artists such as Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Allegra Goodman, and Tony Kushner have heralded new waves of television, film, literature, and theater; a major klezmer revival is under way; bagels are now as commonplace as pizza; and kabbalah has become as cool as crystals. Does this broad range of cultural expression accurately reflect what it means to be Jewish in America today? Bringing together fourteen new essays by leading scholars, You Should See Yourself examines the fluctuating representations of Jewishness in a variety of areas of popular culture and high art, including literature, the media, film, theater, music, dance, painting, photography, and comedy. Contributors explore the evolution that has taken place within these cultural forms and how we can best explain these changes. Are variations in our understanding of Jewishness the result of general phenomena such as multiculturalism, politics, and postmodernism, or are they the product of more specifically Jewish concerns such as the intermarriage/continuity crisis, religious renewal, and relations between the United States and Israel? Accessible to students and general readers alike, this volume takes an important step toward advancing the discussion of Jewish cultural influences in this country.
Author |
: Stephen J. Whitfield |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 2017-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315479552 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1315479559 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Space, Jewish Time by : Stephen J. Whitfield
"This is a delightful book, a small gem replete with insightful, provocative pieces about both American culture and Jewish life. I think that Stephen Whitfield is one of the most original essayists on these two topics. Few other scholars combine the density of his knowledge with the verve of his prose". -- Hasia R. Diner, New York University