American Jewish Loss After The Holocaust
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American Jewish Loss After The Holocaust
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Author : Laura Levitt
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2007-11
American Jewish Loss After The Holocaust written by Laura Levitt and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with History categories.
Many of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of loss and the ways they inform each other are the questions Laura Levitt takes up in this provocative and passionate book. An American Jew whose family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, Levitt grapples with the challenges of contending with ordinary Jewish loss. She suggests that although the memory of the Holocaust may seem to overshadow all other kinds of loss for American Jews, it can also open up possibilities for engaging these more personal and everyday legacies. Weaving in discussions of her own family stories and writing in a manner that is both deeply personal and erudite, Levitt shows what happens when public and private losses are seen next to each other, and what happens when difficult works of art or commemoration, such as museum exhibits or films, are seen alongside ordinary family stories about more intimate losses. In so doing she illuminates how through these “ordinary stories” we may create an alternative model for confronting Holocaust memory in Jewish culture.
We Remember With Reverence And Love
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Author : Hasia R. Diner
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2010-10-03
We Remember With Reverence And Love written by Hasia R. Diner and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-03 with History categories.
It has become an accepted truth: after World War II, American Jews chose to be silent about the mass murder of millions of their European brothers and sisters at the hands of the Nazis. In a compelling work sure to draw fire from academics and pundits alike, Hasia R. Diner shows this assumption of silence to be categorically false.
The Impact Of The Holocaust In America
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Author : Bruce Zuckerman
language : en
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Release Date : 2008
The Impact Of The Holocaust In America written by Bruce Zuckerman and has been published by Purdue University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The Jewish Role in American Life examines the complex relationship between Jews and the United States. Jews have been instrumental in shaping American culture and Jewish culture and religion have likewise been profoundly recast in the United States, especially in the period following World War II.
America American Jews And The Holocaust
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Author : Jeffrey Gurock
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-16
America American Jews And The Holocaust written by Jeffrey Gurock and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-16 with History categories.
This volume incorporates studies of the persecution of the Jews in Germany, the respective responses of the German-American Press and the American-Jewish Press during the emergence of Nazism, and the subsequent issues of rescue during the holocaust and policies towards the displaced.
Out Of The Ashes
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Author : Yehuda Bauer
language : en
Publisher: Pergamon
Release Date : 1989
Out Of The Ashes written by Yehuda Bauer and has been published by Pergamon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
Out of the Ashes is a unique account of the contribution of American Jews to the continued survival of the remnant of European Jewry - the She'erit Hapletah - in the aftermath of the Nazi Holocaust. As the Second World War drew to a close and the full extent of the Holocaust was revealed, the immediate American Jewish reaction of shocked silence and disbelief was soon transformed into pragmatic action: Jewish agencies throughout the US were mobilized to help the survivors and their communities to begin to rebuild shattered lives. Paramount among these organizations was the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), which since its formation in 1914 had established itself as the foremost American Jewish agency for helping fellow Jews overseas. The JDC was joined by other organizations, including the well-established HIAS (Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society) and ORT (Organization for Rehabilitation and Training). Based on a variety of sources, including the JDC archives and oral interviews, the book examines the politics and mechanics of the American Jewish intervention and assesses its extent and effect on the fate of European Jewry both in Europe and elsewhere in the years immediately after 1945.
Before The Holocaust
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Author : Hasia R. Diner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Before The Holocaust written by Hasia R. Diner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Dismisses the historiographic tendency of the 1990s-2000s, which claims that between 1945-early 1960s the organized American Jewish community was silent on the Holocaust - i.e. survivors refused to talk and American Jews refused to listen. They contend that this deliberate policy of silence was aimed at easing the integration of the immigrant Jews in America. States that the writers representing this tendency ignore huge arrays of texts - in Yiddish, in Hebrew, but first and foremost in English - compiled by various Jewish institutions, both religious and secular, relating the events of the Holocaust to both young and old. These texts, which before 1962 functioned exclusively within the boundaries of the American Jewish world, had two aims: to institutionalize the remembrance of the Jewish victims, and to mobilize the Jewish communities to help the refugees. The tendency of ignoring the postwar Holocaust narratives emerged in the late 1960s-70s as part of a campaign to incriminate the Jewish "establishment" for its alleged indifference toward the victims - both before and after the war. After 1962, the Holocaust narratives were addressed to Jews and non-Jews alike. It became accepted due to the emergence of a new American public culture that venerated and validated discussion on group suffering.
American Jewry During The Holocaust
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Author : Seymour Maxwell Finger
language : en
Publisher: American Jewish Commission
Release Date : 1984
American Jewry During The Holocaust written by Seymour Maxwell Finger and has been published by American Jewish Commission this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.
What major Jewish American organizations tried to do, and why they couldn't succeed.
Lest Memory Cease
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Author : Henry L. Feingold
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Lest Memory Cease written by Henry L. Feingold and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
In this groundbreaking study, Henry L. Feingold - one of the most prominent historians today - examines the special challenges facing American Jews. The twin processes of American acculturation and secularization have acted like a powerful whirlpool, pulling them away from their inherent sense of separateness as Jews. They became Americans. These thirteen essays examine the loss of Jewish identity and the survival anxiety it brought in its wake. Feingold tackles topics such as the impact of anti-Semitism in a pluralistic society, the impact of secularism on Jewish survivability, and American Jewish political culture, focusing on Jewish liberalism. As with all of Feingold's work, Lest Memory Cease forces the reader to examine a much-discussed topic in a brand new light.
A Jewish Marshall Plan
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Author : Laura Hobson Faure
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2022-02-01
A Jewish Marshall Plan written by Laura Hobson Faure and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with History categories.
While the role the United States played in France's liberation from Nazi Germany is widely celebrated, it is less well known that American Jewish individuals and organizations mobilized to reconstruct Jewish life in France after the Holocaust. In A "Jewish Marshall Plan," Laura Hobson Faure explores how American Jews committed themselves and hundreds of millions of dollars to bring much needed aid to their French coreligionists. Hobson Faure sheds light on American Jewish chaplains, members of the Armed Forces, and those involved with Jewish philanthropic organizations who sought out Jewish survivors and became deeply entangled with the communities they helped to rebuild. While well intentioned, their actions did not always meet the needs and desires of the French Jews. A "Jewish Marshall Plan" examines the complex interactions, exchanges, and solidarities created between American and French Jews following the Holocaust. Challenging the assumption that French Jews were passive recipients of aid, this work reveals their work as active partners who negotiated their own role in the reconstruction process.
The Americanization Of The Holocaust
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Author : Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Americanization Of The Holocaust written by Alvin Hirsch Rosenfeld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) categories.
Contends that when Americanized, the Holocaust undergoes universalization and loses its specific Jewish character. This tendency can be seen in the expositions of museums such as the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, as well as in the art work "Holocaust Project" by Judy Chicago, where the Holocaust is equated with the sufferings of the Blacks in America and the abuse of women. Another tendency is the American reluctance to confront the brutal and horrific essence of the Holocaust. For instance, the play "The Diary of Anne Frank", by F. Goodrich and A. Hackett, and the film version both downplay Anne's Jewishness and the fact that all of the characters are doomed to death. The latter tendency led to the growing cult of survivors and rescuers as the bright side of the Holocaust, manifested in Spielberg's "Schindler's List" and the proliferation of books on Righteous Gentiles, as well as the founding of the Institute of the Righteous Acts and the Jewish Foundation of Christian Rescuers by R. Schulweis. Virtuous as they are, the Gentile rescuers cannot counterbalance the evil of the Nazi Holocaust.