Author: Leah Napolin
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573618420
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Tells the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an education in Talmudic law after her father dies.
Yentl
Author: Leah Napolin
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573618420
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Tells the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an education in Talmudic law after her father dies.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573618420
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Tells the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a boy so that she can receive an education in Talmudic law after her father dies.
New York Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
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Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Passing Game
Author: Warren Hoffman
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815632023
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic play Angels in America was remarkable not only for its sensitive engagement of Jewish-American and gay culture but also for bringing these themes to a mainstream audience. While the play represented a watershed in American theater and culture, it belies a hundred years of previous attention to queer Jewish identity in twentieth-century American literature, drama, and film. In The Passing Game, Warren Hoffman sheds light on this long history, taking up both Yiddish and English narratives that explore the tensions among Jewish identity, queer sexuality, performance, and American citizenship. With fresh insight Hoffman examines the 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing films of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and several short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. He also analyzes the English-language novels The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan), Wasteland (Jo Sinclair), and Portnoy’s Complaint (Phillip Roth). Hoffman highlights the ways in which the characters in these canonical texts attempt to "pass" as white, straight, and American in the early and mid-twentieth century. This pioneering work is a welcome contribution to the study of Jewish American literature and culture.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815632023
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Tony Kushner’s award-winning epic play Angels in America was remarkable not only for its sensitive engagement of Jewish-American and gay culture but also for bringing these themes to a mainstream audience. While the play represented a watershed in American theater and culture, it belies a hundred years of previous attention to queer Jewish identity in twentieth-century American literature, drama, and film. In The Passing Game, Warren Hoffman sheds light on this long history, taking up both Yiddish and English narratives that explore the tensions among Jewish identity, queer sexuality, performance, and American citizenship. With fresh insight Hoffman examines the 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance by Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing films of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and several short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. He also analyzes the English-language novels The Rise of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan), Wasteland (Jo Sinclair), and Portnoy’s Complaint (Phillip Roth). Hoffman highlights the ways in which the characters in these canonical texts attempt to "pass" as white, straight, and American in the early and mid-twentieth century. This pioneering work is a welcome contribution to the study of Jewish American literature and culture.
Talking Back
Author: Joyce Antler
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874518429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Essays that discuss the portrayal of Jewish women in American culture.
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874518429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Essays that discuss the portrayal of Jewish women in American culture.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780878055906
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9780878055906
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
Dictionary of Jewish Usage
Author: Sol Steinmetz
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742543874
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms is a unique and much needed guide to the way many Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic words and meanings are used by English speakers. Sol Steinmetz draws upon his years of dictionary editorial experience, as well as his lifelong study of Jewish history, traditions, and practices, to guide the reader through the essentially uncharted territory of Jewish usage. Dictionary of Jewish Usage clarifies the meanings of Jewish terms that have been absorbed into English, as well as the transliterated Hebrew terms from sacred texts that reflect differing pronunciations. The Dictionary also explains terms that are often misused, sheds light on the meaning of clusters of terminology, and delineates the etymology and pronunciation of many words, making this Dictionary an invaluable guide for anyone curious about Jewish usage.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742543874
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms is a unique and much needed guide to the way many Hebrew, Yiddish, and Aramaic words and meanings are used by English speakers. Sol Steinmetz draws upon his years of dictionary editorial experience, as well as his lifelong study of Jewish history, traditions, and practices, to guide the reader through the essentially uncharted territory of Jewish usage. Dictionary of Jewish Usage clarifies the meanings of Jewish terms that have been absorbed into English, as well as the transliterated Hebrew terms from sacred texts that reflect differing pronunciations. The Dictionary also explains terms that are often misused, sheds light on the meaning of clusters of terminology, and delineates the etymology and pronunciation of many words, making this Dictionary an invaluable guide for anyone curious about Jewish usage.
Queer Theory and the Jewish Question
Author: Daniel Boyarin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231113748
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Table of contents
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231113748
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Table of contents
People of the Body
Author: Howard Eilberg-Schwartz
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438401906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies — for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth— this volume contributes to a revisioning of what Jews and Judaism are and have been. The project of re-membering the Jewish body has both historical and constructive motivations. As a constructive project, this book describes, renews, and participates in the complex and ongoing modern discussion about the nature of Jewish bodies and the place of bodies in Judaism.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438401906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
By shifting attention from the image of Jews as a textual community to the ways Jews understand and manage their bodies — for example, to their concerns with reproduction and sexuality, menstruation and childbirth— this volume contributes to a revisioning of what Jews and Judaism are and have been. The project of re-membering the Jewish body has both historical and constructive motivations. As a constructive project, this book describes, renews, and participates in the complex and ongoing modern discussion about the nature of Jewish bodies and the place of bodies in Judaism.
The Barbara Streisand Scrapbook
Author: Allison J. Waldman
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806522180
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A biographical tribute to Barbra Streisand, her fame, stardom, and personal life with photographs and illustrations.
Publisher: Citadel Press
ISBN: 9780806522180
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A biographical tribute to Barbra Streisand, her fame, stardom, and personal life with photographs and illustrations.
Yentl's Revenge
Author: Danya Ruttenberg
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 9781580050579
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A diverse group of young women--from witches to rabbis--explore the new Judaism. Contributors ponder Jewish transgenderdom, Jewish body image, Jewish punk, the stereotype of the Jewish American Princess, intermarriage, circumcision, faith, and intolerance.
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 9781580050579
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A diverse group of young women--from witches to rabbis--explore the new Judaism. Contributors ponder Jewish transgenderdom, Jewish body image, Jewish punk, the stereotype of the Jewish American Princess, intermarriage, circumcision, faith, and intolerance.