A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / / Noah J. Efron |
Autore | Efron Noah J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland ; ; Cincinnati : , : Johns Hopkins University Press : , : Hebrew Union College Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 500.892/4009041 |
Collana | Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Judaism and science Jews - United States - Intellectual life - 20th century Jews - Russia - Intellectual life - 20th century Jews - Palestine - Intellectual life - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-4214-1382-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : a vanload of rabbis in the culture wars of Kentucky -- Introduction : "Ridiculously disproportionate"? -- "Holding high the torch of civilization" : American Jews and twentieth-century science -- "Second only to Communism" : making Soviet Jews and Soviet science -- "Making a land of experiments" : science and technology in Zionist imagination and enterprise -- Conclusion : when all worlds were new worlds. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792165503321 |
Efron Noah J. | ||
Baltimore, Maryland ; ; Cincinnati : , : Johns Hopkins University Press : , : Hebrew Union College Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A chosen calling : Jews in science in the twentieth century / / Noah J. Efron |
Autore | Efron Noah J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland ; ; Cincinnati : , : Johns Hopkins University Press : , : Hebrew Union College Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 500.892/4009041 |
Collana | Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Judaism and science Jews - United States - Intellectual life - 20th century Jews - Russia - Intellectual life - 20th century Jews - Palestine - Intellectual life - 20th century |
ISBN | 1-4214-1382-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : a vanload of rabbis in the culture wars of Kentucky -- Introduction : "Ridiculously disproportionate"? -- "Holding high the torch of civilization" : American Jews and twentieth-century science -- "Second only to Communism" : making Soviet Jews and Soviet science -- "Making a land of experiments" : science and technology in Zionist imagination and enterprise -- Conclusion : when all worlds were new worlds. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816908803321 |
Efron Noah J. | ||
Baltimore, Maryland ; ; Cincinnati : , : Johns Hopkins University Press : , : Hebrew Union College Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From Shtetl to Stardom : Jews and Hollywood / / Steven J. Ross, editor ; Michael Renov and Vincent Brook, guest editors ; Lisa Ansell, associate editor |
Autore | Renov Michael |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | USA, : Purdue University Press, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 pages) |
Disciplina | 791.430233092279494 |
Collana | Jewish role in American life |
Soggetto topico |
Television broadcasting - California - Los Angeles - History
Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History Jews in television broadcasting - United States Jews in the motion picture industry - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
History
American Jews Jews Judaism |
ISBN |
1-55753-788-7
1-61249-479-X 1-61249-478-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Editorial introduction / Michael Renov and Vincent Brook, guest editors -- part 1. Histories -- 1. Still an empire of their own : how Jews remain atop a reinvented Hollywood / Vincent Brook -- 2. The Ben Urwand controversy : exploring the Hollywood-Hitler relationship / Lawrence Baron and Joel Rosenberg, with a Coda by Vincent Brook -- part 2. Case studies -- 3. Dirty Jews : Amy Schumer and other vulgar Jewesses / Shaina Hammerman -- 4. "The woman thing and the Jew thing" : transsexuality, transcomedy, and the legacy of subversive Jewishness in transparent / Joshua Louis Moss -- 5. Eastern-European fatalism in Minnesota : the mournful destinies of A serious man / Howard A. Rodman -- 6. "If Jewish people wrote all the songs" : the anti-folklore of Allan Sherman / Jeffrey Shandler -- part 3. Up-close and personal -- 7. Comedy and corned beef : the genesis of the sitcom writing room / David Isaacs -- 8. The faemmle business : Laemmle Theaters, Los Angeles, and the moviegoing experience--an interview with Bob and Greg Laemmle / Ross Melnick -- 9. An outsider's view of sixties America : Matthew Weiner talks with Michael Renov about the Jews of Mad men / Michael Renov. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910169181603321 |
Renov Michael | ||
USA, : Purdue University Press, 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Material culture and Jewish thought in America [[electronic resource] /] / Ken Koltun-Fromm |
Autore | Koltun-Fromm Ken |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington and Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/960973 |
Soggetto topico |
Judaism - United States
Jews - United States - Identity Jews - United States - Intellectual life Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-55518-9
9786612555183 0-253-00416-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America -- The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing -- The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm -- Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy -- Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath -- The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud -- The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production -- Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458336203321 |
Koltun-Fromm Ken | ||
Bloomington and Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Material culture and Jewish thought in America [[electronic resource] /] / Ken Koltun-Fromm |
Autore | Koltun-Fromm Ken |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington and Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/960973 |
Soggetto topico |
Judaism - United States
Jews - United States - Identity Jews - United States - Intellectual life Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-55518-9
9786612555183 0-253-00416-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America -- The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing -- The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm -- Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy -- Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath -- The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud -- The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production -- Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791236103321 |
Koltun-Fromm Ken | ||
Bloomington and Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Material culture and Jewish thought in America / / Ken Koltun-Fromm |
Autore | Koltun-Fromm Ken |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington and Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (358 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/960973 |
Soggetto topico |
Judaism - United States
Jews - United States - Identity Jews - United States - Intellectual life Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-55518-9
9786612555183 0-253-00416-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : material culture and Jewish identity in America -- The material self : Mordecai Kaplan and the art of writing -- The material past : Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm -- Material place : Joseph Soloveitchik and the urban holy -- Material presence : Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath -- The material narrative : Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud -- The material gaze : American Jewish identity and heritage production -- Conclusion : American or Jewish material identity? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813555803321 |
Koltun-Fromm Ken | ||
Bloomington and Indianapolis, : Indiana University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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