Format:
1 online resource (499 pages)
ISBN:
9780231507066
Content:
This collection focuses on a variety of important themes in the American Jewish and Judaic experience. It opens with essays on early Jewish settlers (1654-1820), the expansion of Jewish life in America (1820-1901), the great wave of eastern European Jewish immigrants (1880-1924), the character of American Judaism between the two world wars, American Jewish life from the end of World War II to the Six-Day War, and the growth of Jews' influence and affluence. The second half of the volume includes essays on Orthodox Jews, the history of Jewish education in America, the rise of Jewish social clubs at the turn of the century, the history of southern and western Jewry, Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust, feminism's confrontation with Judaism, and the eternal question of what defines American Jewish culture. Original and elegantly crafted, The Columbia History of Jews and Judaism in America not only introduces the student to a thrilling history, but also provides the scholar with new perspectives and insights.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chronological Essays -- 1 America's Earliest Jewish Settlers,1654-1820 -- 2 Expanding Jewish Life in America, 1826-1901 -- 3 The Great Wave: Easter European Jewish Immigration to the United States, 1880-1924 -- 4 American Judaism Between the Two World Wars -- 5 Triumph, Accomodation, and Resistance: American Jewish Life from the End of World War II to the Six-Day War -- 6 Influence and Affluence, 1967 - 2000 -- Topical Essays -- 7 The Ever Dying Denomination -- 8 The History of Jewish Education in America, 1700-2000 -- 9 A Regional Context for Pacific Jewry, 1880-1930 -- 10 FUN AND GAMES The American Jewish Social Club -- 11 A Mutlithematic Approach to Southern Jewish History -- 12 American Jewish Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust -- 13 Holocaust Consciousness and American Jewish Politics -- 14 What is American Jewish Culture? -- 15 RITES OF CITIZENSHIP Jewish Celebrations of the Nation -- 16 A BRIGHT NEW CONSTELLATION Feminism and American Judaism -- 17 Contemporary Jewish THought -- 18 There's No Space Like Home -- Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231132237
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231132237
Language:
English
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=909085
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