Author: Jacob Rader Marcus
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881250763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The American Rabbinate
Author: Jacob Rader Marcus
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881250763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN: 9780881250763
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
American Jewish History
Author: Jeffrey S. Gurock
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415919265
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415919265
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America
Author: Rabbinical Assembly of America
Publisher:
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Category : Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Publisher:
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Category : Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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American Jewish Archives
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Proceedings
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Includes list of members.
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Includes list of members.
Proceedings - American Academy for Jewish Research
Author: American Academy for Jewish Research
Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Includes list of members.
Publisher:
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Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Includes list of members.
החוויה היהודית האמריקנית
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Category : Conservative Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Category : Conservative Judaism
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Annual Conference-Convention of the Cantors Assembly and the Department of Music of the United Synagogue of America
Author: Cantors Assembly of America
Publisher:
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Category : Cantors
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Cantors
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Judaism's Encounter with American Sports
Author: Jeffrey S. Gurock
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253111609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Judaism's Encounter with American Sports examines how sports entered the lives of American Jewish men and women and how the secular values of sports threatened religious identification and observance. What do Jews do when a society -- in this case, a team -- "chooses them in," but demands commitments that clash with ancestral ties and practices? Jeffrey S. Gurock uses the experience of sports to illuminate an important mode of modern Jewish religious conflict and accommodation to America. He considers the defensive strategies American Jewish leaders have employed in response to sports' challenges to identity, such as using temple and synagogue centers, complete with gymnasiums and swimming pools, to attract the athletically inclined to Jewish life. Within the suburban frontiers of post--World War II America, sports-minded modern Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis competed against one another for the allegiances of Jewish athletes and all other Americanized Jews. In the present day, tensions among Jewish movements are still played out in the sports arena. Today, in a mostly accepting American society, it is easy for sports-minded Jews to assimilate completely, losing all regard for Jewish ties. At the same time, a very tolerant America has enabled Jews to succeed in the sports world, while keeping faith with Jewish traditions. Gurock foregrounds his engaging book against his own experiences as a basketball player, coach, and marathon runner. By using the metaphor of sports, Judaism's Encounter with American Sports underscores the basic religious dilemmas of our day.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253111609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Judaism's Encounter with American Sports examines how sports entered the lives of American Jewish men and women and how the secular values of sports threatened religious identification and observance. What do Jews do when a society -- in this case, a team -- "chooses them in," but demands commitments that clash with ancestral ties and practices? Jeffrey S. Gurock uses the experience of sports to illuminate an important mode of modern Jewish religious conflict and accommodation to America. He considers the defensive strategies American Jewish leaders have employed in response to sports' challenges to identity, such as using temple and synagogue centers, complete with gymnasiums and swimming pools, to attract the athletically inclined to Jewish life. Within the suburban frontiers of post--World War II America, sports-minded modern Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform rabbis competed against one another for the allegiances of Jewish athletes and all other Americanized Jews. In the present day, tensions among Jewish movements are still played out in the sports arena. Today, in a mostly accepting American society, it is easy for sports-minded Jews to assimilate completely, losing all regard for Jewish ties. At the same time, a very tolerant America has enabled Jews to succeed in the sports world, while keeping faith with Jewish traditions. Gurock foregrounds his engaging book against his own experiences as a basketball player, coach, and marathon runner. By using the metaphor of sports, Judaism's Encounter with American Sports underscores the basic religious dilemmas of our day.
The Americanization of the Jews
Author: Robert Seltzer
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814739571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
How did Judaism, a religion so often defined by its minority status, attain equal footing in the trinity of Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism that now dominates modern American religious life? THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE JEWS seeks out the effects of this evolution on both Jews in America and an America with Jews. Although English, French, and Dutch Jewries are usually considered the principal forerunners of modern Jewry, Jews have lived as long in North America as they have in post- medieval Britain and France and only sixty years less than in Amsterdam. As one of the four especially creative Jewish communities that has helped re-shape and re-formulate modern Judaism, American Judaism is the most complex and least understood. German Jewry is recognized for its contribution to modern Jewish theology and philosophy, Russian and Polish Jewry is known for its secular influence in literature, and Israel clearly offers Judaism a new stance as a homeland. But how does one capture the interplay between America and Judaism? Immigration to America meant that much of Judaism was discarded, and much was retained. Acculturation did not always lead to assimilation: Jewishness was honed as an independent variable in the motivations of many of its American adherents- -and has remained so, even though Jewish institutions, ideologies, and even Jewish values have been reshaped by America to such an degree that many Jews of the past might not recognize as Jewish some of what constitutes American Jewishness. This collection of essays explores the paradoxes that abound in the America/Judaism relationship, focusing on such specific issues as Jews and American politics in the twentieth century, the adaptation of Jewish religious life to the American environment, the contributions and impact of the women's movement, and commentaries on the Jewish future in America.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814739571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
How did Judaism, a religion so often defined by its minority status, attain equal footing in the trinity of Catholicism, Protestantism, and Judaism that now dominates modern American religious life? THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE JEWS seeks out the effects of this evolution on both Jews in America and an America with Jews. Although English, French, and Dutch Jewries are usually considered the principal forerunners of modern Jewry, Jews have lived as long in North America as they have in post- medieval Britain and France and only sixty years less than in Amsterdam. As one of the four especially creative Jewish communities that has helped re-shape and re-formulate modern Judaism, American Judaism is the most complex and least understood. German Jewry is recognized for its contribution to modern Jewish theology and philosophy, Russian and Polish Jewry is known for its secular influence in literature, and Israel clearly offers Judaism a new stance as a homeland. But how does one capture the interplay between America and Judaism? Immigration to America meant that much of Judaism was discarded, and much was retained. Acculturation did not always lead to assimilation: Jewishness was honed as an independent variable in the motivations of many of its American adherents- -and has remained so, even though Jewish institutions, ideologies, and even Jewish values have been reshaped by America to such an degree that many Jews of the past might not recognize as Jewish some of what constitutes American Jewishness. This collection of essays explores the paradoxes that abound in the America/Judaism relationship, focusing on such specific issues as Jews and American politics in the twentieth century, the adaptation of Jewish religious life to the American environment, the contributions and impact of the women's movement, and commentaries on the Jewish future in America.