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Generation J / Lisa Schiffman.
LIBRA BM205 .S27 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiffman, Lisa.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schiffman, Lisa.
- Judaism--United States.
- Judaism.
- Religion.
- United States.
- Schiffman, Lisa--Religion.
- Jewish women--United States--Biography.
- Jewish women.
- Jews--United States--Biography.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 166 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, [1999]
- Summary:
- Generation J is the ambivalent generation: unaffiliated seekers, men and women who have grown up questioning the bounds of organized religion. Lisa Schiffman is one of these seekers, and Generation J chronicles her journey through the contradictory landscape of Jewish identity. Moving from the personal to the universal, from autobiography to anthropology, from laughter to tears, Schiffman shows us the many ways in which one can be religious.
- Whether dipping into a ritual bath, getting henna-tattooed with the Star of David, unravelling the mysteries of the kabbalah, or confronting what Jewish tradition has to say about gay marriage, Schiffman reveals the conflicts of meaning and connection common to all who try to chart their own spiritual path. And, through it all, with humor and sensitivity, she confronts the reasons for her own quest and begins to untangle some of the thorniest questions about identity, community, and religion in America today.
- This engaging exploration of what it means to be Jewish is every bit as much a fascinating tour of the varieties of contemporary Jewish practice as it is an unusual personal quest. Smart, funny, and provocative, Schiffman brilliantly explores the problems and possibilities facing any spiritual seeker today.
- Contents:
- 1 Generation J 1
- 2 This Thing Called Intermarriage 14
- 3 The Zen Of Being Jewish 31
- 4 Kikes and Queers 47
- 5 Notes From The Field 51
- 6 Judaism: The Brand 71
- 7 Stray Hairs and Painted Nails 77
- 8 The Sound Of God 94
- 9 The Kabbalists 114
- 10 Kosher-Me? 123
- 11 The Gleanings 142
- 12 Exile 161.
- ISBN:
- 0062515772
- 0062515780
- OCLC:
- 41035373
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