Why is America different? : American Jewry on its 350th anniversary /
Why is America different? : American Jewry on its 350th anniversary /
edited by Steven T. Katz.
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, Inc., 2010.
- 1 online resource (vi, 354 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface; In Place of an Introduction: Some Thoughts on American Jewish Exceptionalism; Chapter 01. Enlightenment, Statesmen and the Jews in Europe and the United States, 1776-1820; Chapter 02. American Exceptionalism: The Case of the Jews, 1750-1850; Chapter 03. Why and How Are Americans Different?; Chapter 04. Immigrant Jews and the Challenge of American Athleticism; Chapter 05. America's Most Memorable Zionist Leaders; Chapter 06. Encountering Jewish Feminism; Chapter 07. Judaism and the Pluralist Dynamic.
Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the American Jewish community, this question seemed well worth revisiting. To explore it more fully, the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University brought together a distinguished group of expert scholars on the main areas of American Jewish life, stretching from the colonial Jewish experience to the image of Jews in con.
9780761847700 0761847707
Jews--Social life and customs.--United States
Jews in motion pictures.
Juifs--Mœurs et coutumes.--États-Unis
Juifs au cinéma.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Jews in motion pictures
Jews--Social life and customs
United States
E184.36.S65 / W49 2010eb
305.892/4073
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface; In Place of an Introduction: Some Thoughts on American Jewish Exceptionalism; Chapter 01. Enlightenment, Statesmen and the Jews in Europe and the United States, 1776-1820; Chapter 02. American Exceptionalism: The Case of the Jews, 1750-1850; Chapter 03. Why and How Are Americans Different?; Chapter 04. Immigrant Jews and the Challenge of American Athleticism; Chapter 05. America's Most Memorable Zionist Leaders; Chapter 06. Encountering Jewish Feminism; Chapter 07. Judaism and the Pluralist Dynamic.
Does the American Jewish experience represent a singular communal circumstance, or does it repeat, with obvious and unavoidable variation, the older European pattern of Jewish existence? In 2004, on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the American Jewish community, this question seemed well worth revisiting. To explore it more fully, the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University brought together a distinguished group of expert scholars on the main areas of American Jewish life, stretching from the colonial Jewish experience to the image of Jews in con.
9780761847700 0761847707
Jews--Social life and customs.--United States
Jews in motion pictures.
Juifs--Mœurs et coutumes.--États-Unis
Juifs au cinéma.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Jews in motion pictures
Jews--Social life and customs
United States
E184.36.S65 / W49 2010eb
305.892/4073