Jews in America : a contemporary reader / [edited by] Roberta Rosenberg Farber and Chaim I. Waxman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farber, Roberta Rosenberg, 1944-

Waxman, Chaim I., 1941-

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States--Social conditions.

Jews.

United States.

Social conditions.

Judaism--United States.

Judaism.

Judaism--20th century.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Physical Description:

xi, 425 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hanover : Published by University Press of New England [for] Brandeis University Press, [1999]

Summary:

Exploring the ongoing adaptation of the American Jewish population as it responds to the challenge of American life, this interdisciplinary collection offers a wide-ranging examination of the personal, social, religious, and political aspects of contemporary American Jewish life. Essays representing the most recent scholarship in sociology and related fields address a range of topics, including feminism, spirituality, intermarriage, antisemitism, and community. Emphasizing the changing patterns of conflict and accommodation resulting from the interaction of American and Jewish values, Jews in America will interest anyone concerned with Jewish identity and continuity in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Establishing a Foundation for Contemporary American Jewish Life

The Sociohistorical Background and Development of America's Jews

Economic Adjustment of Immigrants: Jewish Adaptation to the United States

Assimilation of the American Jewish Population

American Jewry: A Population Projection, 1990-2020

The Changing American Jewish Family Faces the 1990s

Cohesion and Conflict: Jews in American Society

The Organization of the American Jewish Community

Antisemitism and Jewish Security in Contemporary America: Why Can't Jews Take Yes for an Answer?

Jewish Organizational Response to Intermarriage: A Policy Perspective

Negotiating Egalitarianism and Judaism: American Jewish Feminisms and Their Implications for Jewish Life

Constructing a Modern Jewish Identity

Jewish Liberalism Revisited

Understanding American Judaism: Revisiting the Concept of "Social Justice"

Center and Periphery: Israel in American Jewish Life

Jewish Identity in Conversionary and Mixed Marriages

The Impact of Varieties of Jewish Education upon Jewish Identity: An Intergenerational Perspective

Creative Decision Making and the Construction of a Modern Jewish Identity

Religion and Spirituality: Denominational Responses to Postmaterial Values

Ritual, Ceremony and the Reconstruction of Judaism in the United States

Rupture and Reconstruction: The Transformation of Contemporary Orthodoxy

Religious Movements in Collision: A Jewish Culture War?

Conclusion

Postmodernity and the Jews: Identity, Identification, and Community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0874518997

0874519195

OCLC:

40113501