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American Jewish Identity Politics
Deborah Dash Moore, editor"Displays the full range of informed, thoughtful opinion on the place of Jews in the American politics of identity."
---David A. Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History, University of California, Berkeley
"A fascinating anthology whose essays crystallize the most salient features of American Jewish life in the second half of the twentieth century."
---Beth S. Wenger, Katz Family Associate Professor of American Jewish History and Director of the Jewish Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
"A wonderful collection of important essays, indispensable for understanding the searing conflicts over faith, familial, and political commitments marking American Jewry's journey through the paradoxes of the post-Holocaust era."
---Michael E. Staub, Professor of English, Baruch College, CUNY, and author of Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish Liberalism in Postwar America
"This provocative anthology offers fascinating essays on Jewish culture, politics, religion, feminism, and much more. It is a must-read for all those interested in the intersection of Jewish life and identity politics in the modern period."
---Joyce Antler, Samuel Lane Professor of American Jewish History and Culture, Brandeis University
"This collection of essays invites the reader to engage with some of the best writing and thinking about American Jewish life by some of the finest scholars in the field. Deborah Moore's introduction offers an important framework to understand not only the essays, but the academic and political contexts in which they are rooted."
---Riv-Ellen Prell, Professor and Chair, American Studies, University of Minnesota, and editor of Women Remaking American Judaism
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Acknowledgments
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Contents
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Introduction
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THE POLITICS OF HOLOCAUST IDENTITY
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When Jews Were GIs: How World War II Changed a Generation and Remade American Jewry
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The Americanization of the Holocaust
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Before “The Holocaust”: American Jews Confront Catastrophe, 1945–62
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RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
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Rethinking American Judaism
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American Judaism in Historical Perspective
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From Fluidity to Rigidity: The Religious Worlds of Conservative and Orthodox Jews in Twentieth-Century America
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New Directions in Jewish Theology in America
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IDENTITY POLITICS
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Jewish Feminism Faces the American Women's Movement: Convergence and Divergence
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The Paradoxes of American Jewish Culture
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A Demographic Revolution in American Jewry
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Relatively Speaking: Constructing Identity in Jewish and Mixed-Married Families
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Contributors
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Index
- 978-0-472-11648-5 (hardcover)
- 978-0-472-02464-3 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-03288-4 (paper)