Jewish Perceptions Of America
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Jewish Perceptions Of America
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Author : Abraham J. Karp
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Jewish Perceptions Of America written by Abraham J. Karp and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Jews categories.
Jews In The Mind Of America
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Author : Charles Herbert Stember
language : en
Publisher: New York : Basic Books
Release Date : 1966
Jews In The Mind Of America written by Charles Herbert Stember and has been published by New York : Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Antisemitism categories.
Jewish Perceptions Of Antisemitism
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Author : Gary A. Tobin
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Jewish Perceptions Of Antisemitism written by Gary A. Tobin and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Social Science categories.
Eye On Israel
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Author : Michelle Mart
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2006-02-09
Eye On Israel written by Michelle Mart and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-09 with History categories.
Examines the image of Israel in American culture before 1960.
The Americanization Of The Jews
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Author : Robert Seltzer
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1995-02-01
The Americanization Of The Jews written by Robert Seltzer and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-02-01 with Social Science categories.
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.
The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex
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Author : Lila Corwin Berman
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-30
The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex written by Lila Corwin Berman and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-30 with Social Science categories.
The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalism For years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending from the local to the global, the Jewish to the non-Jewish, and modest donations to vast endowments. Yet, as Lila Corwin Berman illuminates in The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex, the history of American Jewish philanthropy reveals the far more complicated reality of changing and uneasy relationships among philanthropy, democracy, and capitalism. With a fresh eye and lucid prose, and relying on previously untapped sources, Berman shows that from its nineteenth-century roots to its apex in the late twentieth century, the American Jewish philanthropic complex tied Jewish institutions to the American state. The government’s regulatory efforts—most importantly, tax policies—situated philanthropy at the core of its experiments to maintain the public good without trammeling on the private freedoms of individuals. Jewish philanthropic institutions and leaders gained financial strength, political influence, and state protections within this framework. However, over time, the vast inequalities in resource distribution that marked American state policy became inseparable from philanthropic practice. By the turn of the millennium, Jewish philanthropic institutions reflected the state’s growing investment in capitalism against democratic interests. But well before that, Jewish philanthropy had already entered into a tight relationship with the governing forces of American life, reinforcing and even transforming the nation’s laws and policies. The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex uncovers how capitalism and private interests came to command authority over the public good, in Jewish life and beyond.
The Ambivalent Image
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Author : Louise A. Mayo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Ambivalent Image written by Louise A. Mayo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
Analyzes religious books, fiction, comic magazines, songs, burlesque pieces, political statements, and representative newspapers and periodicals. In the religious sphere, Jews were seen as the murderers of Christ, but hostile religious images diminished considerably by the end of the century. Literary caricatures and the press depicted the Jews as pawnbrokers and peddlers, with an overwhelming concern for wealth. Discusses the Shylock image which was less venomous than the European version. On the other hand, Jews were also depicted as industrious, honorable, law-abiding, family-centered, and intelligent. Concludes that political and ideological antisemitism was not characteristic of 19th century American society - the ambivalent attitude reflected contradictions in the goal of building an open society while rejecting and excluding aliens.
My Second Favorite Country
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Author : Sivan Zakai
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2022-06-14
My Second Favorite Country written by Sivan Zakai and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-14 with Social Science categories.
Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel Israel has long occupied a prominent place in the lives and imaginations of American Jews, serving as both a symbolic touchstone and a source of intercommunal conflict. In My Second-Favorite Country, Sivan Zakai offers the first longitudinal study of how American Jewish children come to think and feel about Israel, tracking their evolving conceptions from kindergarten to fifth grade. This work sheds light on the perception of Israel in the minds of Jewish children in the US and provides a rich case study of how children more generally develop ideas and beliefs about self, community, nation, and world. In contrast to popular views of America’s youth as naive or uninterested, this book illuminates both the complexity of their thinking and their desire to be included in conversations about important civic and political matters. Zakai draws from compelling empirical data to prove that children spend considerable effort contemplating the very concepts that adults often assume they are not ready to discuss. Indeed, the book argues that over the course of their elementary school education, children develop and express deep interest in complex issues such as the intricacies of identity and belonging, conflicting ways of framing the past, and the demands of civic responsibility. Ultimately, Zakai argues that in order to take children’s ideas seriously and better prepare them for a world full of disagreement, a substantive shift in educational practices is necessary.
The Vanishing American Jew
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Author : Alan M. Dershowitz
language : en
Publisher: Little Brown
Release Date : 2014-05-10
The Vanishing American Jew written by Alan M. Dershowitz and has been published by Little Brown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-10 with RELIGION categories.
They've dived into the melting pot - and they've achieved the American Dream. And that, according to Dershowitz, is precisely the problem. More than 50 percent of Jews will marry non-Jews, and their children will most often be raised as non-Jews. Which means, in the view of Dershowitz, that American Jews will vanish as a distinct cultural group sometime in the next century - unless they act now. Speaking to concerned Jews everywhere, Dershowitz calls for a new Jewish.
Insider Outsider
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Author : David Biale
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-03-25
Insider Outsider written by David Biale and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-25 with History categories.
"Invaluable reading for anyone interested in multiculturalism."—Julius Lester, author of Lovesong "I know of no other work that, through numerous insights and useful distinctions, so alerts us to and comprehensively documents the ongoing constitutive role of Christian and anti-semitic perceptions of Jewish existence and the interactions between them. Whereas much contemporary historiography has become so specialized that historians have surrendered the larger picture, Biale's panoramic perspective reveals the great value and interest of this work."—Steven E. Aschheim, author of Beyond the Border: The German-Jewish Legacy Abroad