Survival through integration : American Reform Jewish universalism and the Holocaust / by Ofer Shiff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiff, Ofer.

Series:

Jewish identities in a changing world ; v. 4.

Jewish identities in a changing world, 1570-7997 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reform Judaism--United States--Essence, genius, nature.

Reform Judaism.

Jews--Cultural assimilation.

Jews.

Zionism.

Antisemitism.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Morgenstern, Julian, 1881-1976.

Morgenstern, Julian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the social and cultural challenges posed by the Holocaust from the subjective angle of those who attempted to maintain unquestioning fealty to the universalistic American Jewish Reform belief in integration even in view of the disheartening realities of the 1930's and the 1940's.

Contents:

Introduction; A. A Universalistic Perspective on Antisemitism and Zionism; B. The Modern Jewish Context; Chapter One Before the Universalistic Coping Pattern Coalesced; Chapter Two Transformation of the Universalistic Perspective into a Jewish Existential Ideology; Chapter Three Jewish Culture and Zionism as seen by "Veteran American" Jews; Chapter Four Intensifying Threats; Chapter Five The Reform and American Jewish Context of the Universalistic Coping Pattern; Epilogue: The Universalistic Reform Pattern from a Historical Perspective; Sources and Bibliography; Index of Names and Concepts

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-174) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-86790-6

9786610867905

1-4294-2913-5

90-474-0642-7

1-4337-0543-5

OCLC:

476024607