The Jewish origins of cultural pluralism : the Menorah Association and American diversity / Daniel Greene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Daniel, 1973-

Series:

Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)

The modern Jewish experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harvard Menorah Society (Cambridge, Mass.)--History--20th century.

Harvard Menorah Society (Cambridge, Mass.).

Intercollegiate Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Intercollegiate Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.).

Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century.

Menorah Association (New York, N.Y.).

Jewish college students--Massachusetts--Cambridge--Societies, etc.

Jewish college students.

Jewish college students--United States--Societies, etc.

Jews--United States--Identity.

Jews.

Cultural pluralism.

History.

Intellectual life.

United States.

Identity (Philosophical concept).

Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Jews--Cultural assimilation.

Jews--United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Cultural pluralism--United States--History--20th century.

Massachusetts--Cambridge.

Physical Description:

xi, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction: "Kultur Klux Klan or cultural pluralism"

The Harvard Menorah Society and the Menorah idea

The intercollegiate Menorah Association and the "Jewish invasion" of American colleges

Cultural pluralism and its critics

Jewish studies in an American setting

A pluralist history and culture

Pluralism in fiction

Epilogue: "The promise of the Menorah idea".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253356147

0253356148

9780253223340

0253223342

OCLC:

663954310