The new Jewish leaders : reshaping the American Jewish landscape / edited by Jack Wertheimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ritchie, Daniel E.

Contributor:

Wertheimer, Jack.

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish leadership--United States.

Jewish leadership.

Jews--United States--Social conditions.

Jews.

Young adults--United States--Attitudes.

Young adults.

Judaism--United States--History--21st century.

Judaism.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A riveting study of a generational transition with major implications for American Jewish life

Contents:

Mapping the scene: how younger Jewish adults engage with Jewish community / Jack Wertheimer

From Jewish people to Jewish purpose: establishment leaders and their non-establishment successors / Steven M. Cohen

Expressive, progressive, and protective: three impulses for innovative organizing among young Jews today / Steven M. Cohen

Young Jewish leaders in Los Angeles: strengthening the Jewish people in conventional and unconventional ways / Sarah Bunin Benor

Reimagining Jewishness: younger American Jewish leaders, entrepreneurs, and artists in cultural context / Sylvia Barack Fishman, with Rachel S. Bernstein and Emily Sigalow

The reality of the virtual: looking for Jewish leadership online / Ari Y. Kelman

In its own image: independent philanthropy and the cultivation of young Jewish leadership / Shaul Kelner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786613320872

9781283320870

1283320878

9781611681840

1611681847

OCLC:

816870019