TY - BOOK AU - Kaplan,Dana Evan TI - Contemporary American Judaism: transformation and renewal SN - 9780231510417 AV - BM205 .K365 2009 U1 - 296/.0973 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Judaism KW - United States KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Spiritual life KW - Jews KW - Identity KW - Social conditions KW - Judaïsme KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Vie spirituelle KW - Juifs KW - Identité KW - Conditions sociales KW - 11.26 movements within Judaism KW - bcl KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Soziale Situation KW - gnd KW - Judentum KW - Identität KW - Jodendom KW - gtt KW - 1990- KW - ram KW - USA KW - Verenigde Staten KW - Juden KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A historical overview from 1945 -- The reengagement with spirituality -- The rise and fall of American Jewish denominations -- Facing the collapse of the intermarriage stigma -- Inclusivity as a social value -- Radical responses to the suburban experience -- The popularization of Jewish mystical outreach -- Herculean efforts at synagogue renewal -- Conclusion: the future of Judaism in America -- Afterword / Zalman Schachter-Shalomi; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - No longer controlled by a handful of institutional leaders based in remote headquarters and rabbinical seminaries, American Judaism is being transformed by the individual spiritual decisions of tens of thousands of Jews living in all corners of the United States. A pulpit rabbi and American Jew, Kaplan follows this religious individualism from its postwar suburban roots to the hippie revolution of the 1960s and the multiple postmodern identities of today. From Hebrew tattooing to Jewish Buddhist meditation, his book describes the remaking of historical tradition in ways that channel multiple ethnic and national identities UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=149415 ER -