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Impact of the Holocaust in America
The Jewish Role in American Life
Av Bruce Zuckerman, Zev Garber
Häftad, 2009
276 kr
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The Jewish Role in American Life examines the complex relationship between Jews and the United States. Jews have been instrumental in shaping American culture and Jewish culture and religion have likewise been profoundly recast in the United States, especially in the period following World War II.
Cultural History of Jews in California
The Jewish Role in American Life
Av William Deverell, Bruce Zuckerman m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
276 kr
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The aim of this collection of essays is to stress the cultural aspects of the Jewish experience of coming to, and living in, the Golden State. The contributors explore how the Jews who settled in California helped shape the state's culture and were, in turn, molded by cultural influences that were …
Song Is not the Same
Jews and American Popular Music
Av Josh Jun
Häftad, 2010
284 kr
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There has been a long-standing relationship between Jewish Americans and the world of American popular music. The essays in this volume blend surveys of music making as a whole with profiles of single artists. This is volume 8 of the annual publication, The Jewish Role in American Life (ISSN …
Jewish Cultural Aspirations
Inbunden, 2012
301 kr
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In the late nineteenth century in Europe and to some extent in the United States, the Jewish upper middle class—particularly the more affluent families—began to enter the cultural spheres of public life, especially in major cities such as Vienna, Berlin, Paris, New York, and London. While many …
American Politics and the Jewish Community
Av Dan Schnur, Bruce Zuckerman
Häftad, 2013
259 kr
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At its broadest level, politics is the practice of making a community a better, safer, and more tolerant place to live. So it should be of no surprise that America’s Jews have devoted themselves to civic engagement and the democratic process. From before the Revolutionary War to the early …
Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America
Av Saba Soomekh
Inbunden, 2015
292 kr
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Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America includes academics, artists, writers, and civic and religious leaders who contributed chapters focusing on the Sephardi and Mizrahi experience in America. Topics will address language, literature, art, diaspora identity, and civic and political engagement.When …
Tastes of Faith
Jewish Eating in the United States
Av Leah Hochman
Inbunden, 2017
292 kr
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“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” wrote the eighteenth-century French politician and musician Jean Brillat-Savarin, giving expression to long held assumptions about the role of food, taste, and eating in the construction of cultural identities. Foodways—the cultural, …
Doing Business in America
A Jewish History
Inbunden, 2018
478 kr
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American and Jewish historians have long shied away from the topic of Jews and business. Avoidance patterns grew in part from old, often negative stereotypes that linked Jews with money, and the perceived ease and regularity with which they found success with money, condemning Jews for their …
New Perspectives on Kristallnacht
After 80 Years, the Nazi Pogrom in Global Comparison
Av Wolf Gruner, Steven J. Ross
Häftad, 2019
401 kr
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On November 9 and 10, 1938, Nazi leadership unleashed an unprecedented orchestrated wave of violence against Jews in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland, supposedly in response to the assassination of a Nazi diplomat by a young Polish Jew, but in reality to force the remaining Jews out ofthe …
Wandering Jews
Global Jewish Migration
Häftad, 2020
299 kr
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Despite the importance of historical and contemporary migration to the American Jewish community, popular awareness of the diversity and complexity of the American Jewish migration legacy is limited and largely focused upon Yiddish-speaking Jews who left the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe …
Wandering Jews
Global Jewish Migration
Inbunden, 2020
1174 kr
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Despite the importance of historical and contemporary migration to the American Jewish community, popular awareness of the diversity and complexity of the American Jewish migration legacy is limited and largely focused upon Yiddish-speaking Jews who left the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe …
Impact of the Presidency of Donald Trump on American Jewry and Israel
Inbunden, 2021
1140 kr
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The Trump presidency has resulted in a fundamentally disruptive moment in this nation's political culture. Not only were there different policy options and directions, but the cultural artifacts of politics changed because of how this president dramatically challenged the existing norms of …
Impact of the Presidency of Donald Trump on American Jewry and Israel
Häftad, 2021
333 kr
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The Trump presidency has resulted in a fundamentally disruptive moment in this nation's political culture. Not only were there different policy options and directions, but the cultural artifacts of politics changed because of how this president dramatically challenged the existing norms of …
Jews and Science
Inbunden, 2022
1140 kr
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Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have been not only the agents for study of things Jewish, but also the subject of examination by "scientists" across a range …
Jews and Science
Häftad, 2022
545 kr
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Jews and Science examines the complicated relationship between Jewish identities and the evolving meanings of science throughout the history of Western academic culture. Jews have been not only the agents for study of things Jewish, but also the subject of examination by "scientists" across a range …
Beyond Alliances
The Jewish Role in Reshaping the Racial Landscape of Southern California
Av George J. Sanchez, Bruce Zuckerman
Häftad, 2023
333 kr
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This volume focuses on the special role that Jews played in reshaping the racial landscape of southern California in the twentieth century. Rather than considering this issue in terms of broad analyses of organizations or communities, each contribution instead approaches it by examining the …
From Shtetl to Stardom
Jews and Hollywood
Av Michael Renov, Vincent Brook
Häftad, 2024
333 kr
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The influence of Jews in American entertainment from the early days of Hollywood to the present has proved an endlessly fascinating and controversial topic, for Jews and non-Jews alike. From Shtetl to Stardom: Jews and Hollywood takes an exciting and innovative approach to this rich and complex …
Beyond Stereotypes
American Jews and Sports
Av Ari F. Sclar
Häftad, 2024
333 kr
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In the decades after the Civil War, sports slowly gained a prominent position within American culture. This development provided Jews with opportunities to participate in one of the few American cultures not closed off to them. Jewish athleticism challenged anti-Semitic depictions of Jews supposed …
New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society
Av David N. Myers, Nechumi Malovicki-Yaffe
Inbunden, 2024
1140 kr
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Who are Haredim? And why are they the source of both increasing attention and continuing misunderstanding? New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society draws on the innovative research of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines—including history, religious studies, demography, …
New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society
Av David N. Myers, Nechumi Malovicki-Yaffe
Häftad, 2024
545 kr
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Who are Haredim? And why are they the source of both increasing attention and continuing misunderstanding? New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society draws on the innovative research of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines—including history, religious studies, demography, …
Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America
Av Saba Soomekh
Häftad, 2024
602 kr
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Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews in America includes academics, artists, writers, and civic and religious leaders who contributed chapters focusing on the Sephardi and Mizrahi experience in America. Topics will address language, literature, art, diaspora identity, and civic and political engagement.When …
Shattered World
Jews and Israel After October 7
Av Michael Berenbaum, Gilbert N. Kahn
Inbunden, 2025
1367 kr
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October 7, 2023, was a watershed event in contemporary Jewish history. What took place on that date challenged the two most basic assumptions of post-Holocaust Jewish life: that the future security of the Jewish people would be assured by an independent Jewish state backed by an army, and that the …
Shattered World
Jews and Israel After October 7
Av Michael Berenbaum, Gilbert N. Kahn
Häftad, 2025
545 kr
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October 7, 2023, was a watershed event in contemporary Jewish history. What took place on that date challenged the two most basic assumptions of post-Holocaust Jewish life: that the future security of the Jewish people would be assured by an independent Jewish state backed by an army, and that the …
Uncharted
American Jews and Judaism in the Twenty-First Century
Av Bruce A. Phillips, Steven F. Windmueller
Inbunden, 2026
1130 kr
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Uncharted: American Jews and Judaism in the Twenty-First Century assesses the changes taking place among American Jews and their institutions. Bruce Phillips writes about how intermarriage is reshaping American Jewry; Adina Bankier-Karp and Harriet Hartman question whether denominations make sense …
Uncharted
American Jews and Judaism in the Twenty-First Century
Av Bruce A. Phillips, Steven F. Windmueller
Häftad, 2026
510 kr
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Uncharted: American Jews and Judaism in the Twenty-First Century assesses the changes taking place among American Jews and their institutions. Bruce Phillips writes about how intermarriage is reshaping American Jewry; Adina Bankier-Karp and Harriet Hartman question whether denominations make sense …
Jewish Role in American Life: an Annual Review
Volume 2
Av Barry Glassner, Hilary Taub Lachoff m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
273 kr
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This second volume of the Jewish Role in American Life continues the Casden Institute's ongoing examination of the contemporary American Jewish community and its contributions to life and culture in the United States. Focusing again on five key areas-values, politics, education, image and …
Beyond Stereotypes
American Jews and Sports
Av Ari F. Sclar
Häftad, 2014
274 kr
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In the decades after the Civil War, sports slowly gained a prominent position within American culture. This development provided Jews with opportunities to participate in one of the few American cultures not closed off to them. Jewish athleticism challenged anti-Semitic depictions of Jews’ supposed …
