The New American Judaism : : How Jews Practice Their Religion Today / / Jack Wertheimer.
A leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism todayAmerican Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years, and many...
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Wertheimer, Jack, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The New American Judaism : How Jews Practice Their Religion Today / Jack Wertheimer. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (400 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. The Religious Lives of Ordinary American Jews -- 1. Finding Meaning: The Importance of Belief, Belonging, and Good Deeds -- 2. A Judaism for Peak Moments: How Non- Orthodox Jews Practice -- 3. Diversity among the Orthodox -- PART II. The Leaky Vessels of Denominational Judaism -- 4. Is Reform Judaism Ascendant? -- 5. Conservative Judaism: A Reappraisal -- 6. The Battle for the Soul of Modern Orthodoxy -- 7. Who Needs Jewish Denominations? -- PART III. Where Religious Renewal Flourishes -- 8. Not Your Grandparents' Synagogue -- 9. Orthodox Outreach: Nourishing the Jewish World -- 10. Looking for Judaism in Unconventional Places -- Conclusion: A New Remix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A leading expert provides an engaging firsthand portrait of American Judaism todayAmerican Judaism has been buffeted by massive social upheavals in recent decades. Like other religions in the United States, it has witnessed a decline in the number of participants over the past forty years, and many who remain active struggle to reconcile their hallowed traditions with new perspectives-from feminism and the LGBTQ movement to "do-it-yourself religion" and personally defined spirituality. Taking a fresh look at American Judaism today, Jack Wertheimer, a leading authority on the subject, sets out to discover how Jews of various orientations practice their religion in this radically altered landscape. Which observances still resonate, and which ones have been given new meaning? What options are available for seekers or those dissatisfied with conventional forms of Judaism? And how are synagogues responding?Wertheimer provides new and often-surprising answers to these questions by drawing on a wide range of sources, including survey data, visits to countless synagogues, and revealing interviews with more than two hundred rabbis and other informed observers. He finds that the majority of American Jews still identify with their faith but often practice it on their own terms. Meanwhile, gender barriers are loosening within religiously traditional communities, while some of the most progressive sectors are reappropriating long-discarded practices. Other recent developments include "start-ups" led by charismatic young rabbis, the explosive growth of Orthodox "outreach," and unconventional worship experiences often geared toward millennials.Wertheimer captures the remarkable, if at times jarring, tableaux on display when American Jews practice their religion, while also revealing possibilities for significant renewal in American Judaism. What emerges is a quintessentially American story of rash disruption and creative reinvention, religious illiteracy and dynamic experimentation. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) Jews United States Identity. Judaism United States 21st century. RELIGION / Judaism / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606591 print 9780691181295 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691184142?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691184142 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691184142/original |
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