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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827967403321

Titolo

Studies in contemporary Jewry [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 17 Who owns Judaism? : public religion and private faith in America and Israel / / edited by Eli Lederhendler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-19-028736-5

0-19-771657-1

1-280-53226-2

0-19-534896-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages)

Collana

Studies in contemporary Jewry, , 0740-8625 ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

LederhendlerEli

Disciplina

909.04924

296/.09/051

Soggetti

Antisemitism

Jews - History - 20th century

Jews - Intellectual life

Jews - Politics and government - 20th century

Jews - Social conditions - 20th century

Judaism - Social aspects - Israel

Judaism - Social aspects - United States

Judaism - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At head of title: Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Papers presented at an annual symposium.

Published for the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Symposium: Who Owns Judaism? Public Religion and Private Faith in America and Israel; Introduction: The ""Problem of Judaism"" Today-Beyond Assimilation and Nationalism; Who Has the Right to Change Tradition? Evolving Conceptions of Religious Authority and Their Implications for the Jewish People; Modernists vs. Traditionalists: Competition and Legitimacy within American Conservative Judaism; Judaism, Exile, and the State of Israel in Postwar American Jewish



Theological Discourse; Uzi Meshulam's ""Mishkan Ohalim"": A Contemporary Apocalyptic Messianic Sect in Israel

Beyond Wissenschaft: The Resurrection of Resurrection in Jewish Thought Since 1950Religiosity and Ethnicity: Jewish Identity Trends in the United States; Women's Transformations of Public Judaism: Religiosity, Egalitarianism, and the Symbolic Power of Changing Gender Roles; Judaism Resurgent? American Jews and the Evolving Expression of Jewish Values and Jewish Identity in Modern American Life; Essay; Frankfurter among the Anarchists: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti; Review Essays; Asymmetries in America: Recent Work on Jews and Blacks; Sand and Iron

Jews, Intellectuals, and the Dreyfus AffairThe Decline and Rise of German Antisemitism; Book Reviews (arranged by subject); Antisemitism, Holocaust, and Genocide; Bibliography, Language, Literature, and the Arts; History and the Social Sciences; Religion, Thought, and Education; Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East; Contents for Volume XVIII; Note on Editorial Policy

Sommario/riassunto

Bringing together contributions from scholars as well as younger academics, Volume XVII of 'Studies in Contemporary Jewry' considers the ways in which theological writings, sweeping social changes, individual or small-group needs, and intra-communal diversity have re-energised Judaism even amidst secular trends in America and Israel.